Fenelon: fidelity in little things

Sunday, November 29, 2020
    Advent I
Meditation:
    About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
    Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
    —Luke 22:59-62 (NIV)
Quotation:
    It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit...
    No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?
    ... François Fénelon (1651-1715), Selections from Fénelon, ed. Mary Wilder Tileston, Boston: Roberts Bros., 1879, p. 160 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 16:1-4; 26:3-5; Luke 12:42-44; 22:59-62
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, keep me faithful in the small things. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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