Thought for the Day –30 December – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)
Dissipation
“Imagine the death of the dissipated man.
When he reaches the end of his earthly journey, it will seem to him as if he has awakened from a dream.
Everything is over now.
Gone forever are the objects of desire which he exerted himself so feverishly to acquire.
He is alone before God.
Money, ease and pleasure, have vanished, like snow melting in the sun.
Please God, we shall never experience this fearful re-awakening.
Let us rouse ourselves now, from our spiritual torpor, while there is still time, .
May God be our first thought and our first desire.
May constant prayer, detachment from the world and steady progress in perfection, win for us the everlasting happiness of Heaven.”
Antonio Cardinal Bacci
PART ONE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/12/30/thought-for-the-day-30-december-dissipation/
PART TWO:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/12/30/thought-for-the-day-30-december-dissipation-2/
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