Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

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.     St. Margaret Mary "The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty."   (From T he Heart of Prayer: The Essential Guide to Knowing God Through Prayer )     Laura Catherine Worchacz “[Our Blessed Mother) Mary devoted herself exclusively to the Eucharistic glory of Jesus. She knew it was the desire of the Eternal Father to make the Eucharist known, loved and served by all men; that the need of Jesus’ heart was to communicate to all men His gift of grace and glory…She was consumed with the desire to make Jesus and the Blessed Sacrament known to all, to inflame all hearts with His lov...

“The last sign and proof of love is to desire the presence of the beloved and to suffer great anguish at his absence. This will be seen by anyone who reads the lengths to which the mother of Tobias went during the absence of her son and what Jacob did for the sight of Joseph, for at an advanced age, he departed with all his family for the land of Egypt to see his son before death.  Our Divine Lover instituted the Sacrament in which He is really and truly present so that as long as this Sacrament is in the world, He will be among us. This is the greatest honor, the greatest consolation, and the greatest remedy that Christ could have granted us. Now we can call on Him in our sufferings, go to Him in our needs, and speak face to face with Him.” (Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P. From Summa of the Christian Life )