Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Image Source: cathopic,com ) "The spirit of a servant of Jesus is thus defined: devoted love to the Blessed Sacrament in the spirit and virtue of the Blessed Virgin. Devotedness longs for one thing only, and that is to give pleasure and to fulfill its duty. Our Lord does not ask us to serve Him in the outside world, not even in souls; but He says to us: 'To ascend My throne of love, I must have adorers. Without such, I cannot be solemnly exposed. You will be attached to My Person; you will exist for Me, as I shall live for you. You shall go so far as totally to renounce your own will, for I want it for Myself. Renounce your personal interests. I will assume them'... The service of the Lord is, therefore, a duty for us as it was for Mary. You are called to serve Him and not yourself. Let us be true servants of the Blessed Sacrament, as Mary was; servants who have no longer any other interests, no longer any personality, who are entirely consumed in the service of Jesus... ...

( Image Source ) “Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love” "These words were addressed to us by our [late] Holy Father [Saint] Pope John Paul II in his first letter entitled On the Mystery and Worship of the Holy Eucharist , April 1980. In speaking of the aim of what the Pope called ‘authentic renewal’ intended by Vatican II, he said, ‘The church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration. Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration, and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.’ Jesus waits for us to visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament with the same enthusiasm with which the father in the parable of the prodigal son waited for his child to return home: ‘But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and ran and fell upon his neck and kissed 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.      Catherine de Heuck Doherty, Servant of God “True, silence is sometimes the absence of speech - but it is always the act of listening. The mere presence of noise (which is empty of our listening to the voice of God) is not silence. A day filled with noise and voices can be a day of silence, if the noises become for us the echo of the presence of God. When we speak of ourselves and are filled with ourselves, we leave silence behind. When we repeat intimate words of God that He has left within us, our silence remains intact.” (From The Celebration of Discipline )   St. Peter Chrysologus “True love of God finds nothing hard, nothing bitter, nothing difficult. What weapon, what wounds, what pains, what death, can conquer true love? As an impenetrable armor it defies all attacks, and fears not even death, but triumphs ove...