Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

I recently rediscovered the beautiful prayer set forth below. A few years ago, I had folded and inserted a copy of it in the back of my book, I Thirst For Your Love . According to a June 25, 2020 blog posted on Catholicism Pure & Simple , t his is an indulgenced prayer associated with the feast of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus instituted by Pope Benedict XV in November of 1921. This is a prayer we should often recite and one which we should share with all we know and love:   Prayer to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, gracious companion of our exile, I adore Thee. Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, lonely Heart, humiliated Heart, abandoned Heart, forgotten Heart, despised Heart, outraged Heart, Heart ignored by men, Heart which loves our own hearts; Heart pleading for our love, Heart so patient in waiting for us, Heart so eager  to listen to our prayers, Heart so anxious for our requests, Heart, unending source of new graces, Heart so silent...

Last October, this simple man's attempt to address the issue of dissident Catholic politicians receiving the Eucharist was, for the most part, ignored. Now that Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has taken public action and defined the battle - the salvation of souls and the end to public scandal and sacrilege - I thought it appropriate to  try one more time. Our bishops must speak and act as one.  No Catholic figure who publicly opposes any of the immutable teachings of the Catholic Church (and most certainly that on abortion) may receive Holy Communion until they confess their sin in the sacrament of reconciliation and publicly repudiate their support for abortion. Nancy Pelosi is just one of far too many Catholic politicians who should be barred from the reception of Holy Communion. The Archbishop has spoken the Truth. There is not an alternative Truth or option for other bishops or priests to advance. There is no "pastoral" exception to God's Trut...

(Image Source: Unsplash.com ) “I call Catholics to genuine conversion! Let us strive with all our heart to become in each of our Eucharistic celebrations ‘a pure Victim, a holy Victim, a spotless Victim!' Let us not be afraid of liturgical silence. How I would love it if pastors and the faithful would enter joyfully into this silence that is full of sacred reverence and love for the ineffable God. How I would love it if churches were houses in which the great silence prevails that announces and reveals the adored presence of God. How I would love it if Christians in the liturgy could experience the power of silence!”   (Robert Cardinal Sarah from The Power of Silence – Against The Dictatorship of Noise )

 

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 Louis of Granada, O.P. “Covetousness is an inordinate desire for riches…When you are assailed by this vice arm yourself with the following considerations: Remember that our Lord and Savior, at His coming into this world, disdained to possess riches which are the object of your desires. On the contrary, He so loved poverty that He chose for His mother not a rich and powerful queen, but a poor and humble Virgin. He willed to be born not in a palace, but in a bleak stable, the manger of which, covered with a little straw, was His only couch. During His life upon earth, He never ceased to manifest His love with poverty and His contempt for riches. For His Apostles he chose not the princes of great houses, but poor and ignorant fisherman. What greater presumption can there be than that of a base worm coveting riches, when the...