Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

[What follows is just one of 150 thought-provoking quotations you will encounter in Pondering Tidbits of Truth, Volume 6. ] Venerable Bruno Lanteri  "Do you find yourself turning inward, preoccupied by your anxieties and burdened by your failings? 'Instead of turning in on yourself, lift your gaze often with peace and love to God.' Often. With peace. With love. The less you focus on your failures and the more you gaze on the Lord with peace and love, the more your heart will lift, the stronger you will become, the more joy you will find. Tell Him that 'you want to be totally His' and, with boldness, tell Him that 'it is His to make you become better'!  (From Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement - The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri)  PAUSE AND PONDER : Is my first inclination when troubled and challenged to turn to God and ask for His assistance? If not, why am I hesitant to do so? Do I believe God can change me? Have I ever asked Him ...

 

  Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.       Venerable Bruno Lanteri "At the offertory, when the gifts and the altar are prepared, ask for a heart that offers to God, in union with Christ's self-offering, the ‘living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God’ of your whole life with its joys and sorrows, its responsibilities and tasks - all that you are and all that you do." (From Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement – The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri )   Luisa Piccarreta “Daily meditation on the Most Holy Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ produces priceless goods for those who practice it day after day. It fills us with love and gratitude and engenders real, precious repentance for one's sins - a repentance that is felt not out of fear of temporal or eternal punishments, but out of pure love for God. It detaches us from earthly t...

    Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.     Madeliene Delbrel, Servant of God "Saving the world does not mean making it happy; it means showing the world the meaning of its suffering and giving it a joy that nothing can take away. If we must fight against the misery and misfortune which Christ took so seriously as to speak of judging us in the end solely by what we did for others in this regard, we must keep in mind that what is at stake is ultimately not solving these problems and constructing a second earthly paradise. Rather, what is at stake is eternal life." (From We, the Ordinary People of the Streets )   Venerable Bruno Lanteri “If you want peace in this life, you must, first of all, decide to accommodate yourself to circumstances and not demand that circumstances accommodate themselves to you. You must, secondly, strive to practice uniformit...