Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) "Now the closer we want to draw to God and the more we want to practice virtue, the more struggles we expect. Consequently, we ought to store up more strength so as not to be overcome. Well, the Eucharist alone will supply you with the needed strength for all these struggles of the Christian Life." (St. Peter Julian Eymard from In The Light of the Monstrance )

T hank you Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with you and your followers .   I would like to share the second part of this two part posting: Let Us Love God As We Ought And As He Deserves - Part II (Originally posted on February 24, 2020)  [Let me begin Part II of this post by repeating the ending of Part I. You can read Part I in its entirety here.] Let our boldness continue by allowing the Truth of the following words of St. Peter Julian Eymard to sink in:            “How many among the best Catholics never pay a visit of devotion to the most              Blessed Sacrament to speak with Him from the heart, to tell Him their love?              They do not love our Lord in the Eucharist because they...

"We see Christians despise Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament and His Heart which has loved them and which consumes Itself with love for them! To despise Him, they take advantage of the veil which hides Him. They insult Him with their irreverences, their guilty thoughts and criminal glances in His presence. To insult Him, they avail themselves of His inalterable patience of, of the kindness which suffers everything in silence as it did with the impious soldiery of Caiphas, Herod and Pilate. They blaspheme sacrilegiously against the God of the Eucharist. They know that His love renders Him speechless. They crucify Him even in their guilty soul! They receive Him! They dare take this living Heart and bind it to a foul corpse; they dare deliver it to the devil who is their Lord! No, never even in the days of His Passion, has Jesus received so many humiliations as in His Sacrament! Earth for Him is a Calvary of ignominy. In His agony He sought a consoler; on the Cross He asked f...

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 . Christine Watkins   “Our worry literally binds God’s hands. But every act of complete, blind trust unties them, causing the best effect possible, for God can accomplish what no human being is capable of. It is when we truly release our worries to the Lord and rest our head on His lap in peace, that He can work for us the most glorious of miracles.”  (From Mary’s Mantle Consecration) Archbishop Luis Martinez "No philosophy will never teach us to love pain; only eternal Love can infuse such love into our souls. Before pain can be loved, it must be transmuted into love, and Jesus alone has succeeded in doing this. To love the Cross, we must see Jesus on it and understand the personal and indestructible ties that bind Him to it. To love the Cross, we must experience the sweet and strong attraction th...