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Christ showed me how He was gathering together - for this moment and this task - all the strands of my life.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

A person's life stretches ahead, like an empty street, ready for God's glorious buildings to arise (if a person does not erect fences, or hold private ambitions).

Through His Holy Spirit, leading, steering and soothing, gently and powerfully, Christ is constantly at work in our lives.

Whenever Mass is clebrated in our country, it's as if Calvary appears at the heart of England. Those of us who did not live with Christ in his lifetime or stand beside his Cross in history can nevertheless unite ourselves with Him and with His once-for-all Sacrifice, as it is re-presented at every Mass, where Christ is truly Present, praying on our behalf.

For many months, Our Lady carried Christ in Her womb; She had time to reflect on Her role in God's plan.

As a gardener waits confidently for buds to open at just the right time, so must I await the fruition of God's work in my life.

When I praised God for the beauty of the trees at the entrance to the village, and for the evening sky, I heard Him say: 'This is my gift to you.' He added: all true beauty has its source in Him. All good things we enjoy in accordance with His Will are part of His Providential plan for our delight.

A life slowly trickles away, by God's plan, like a rivulet which flows not towards a ditch but a great river, which is God's life in eternity

By unhesitating obedience to Christ's wishes, we fulfil His plans for our lives as surely as when a child on an ice rink obeys the instructor's commands, then skates immediately with greater beauty, skill and power. We do not understand everything, but Christ is a trustworthy instructor.

By unhesitating obedience to Christ's wishes, we fulfil His plans for our lives as surely as when a child on an ice rink obeys the instructor's commands, then skates immediately with greater beauty, skill and power. We do not understand everything, but Christ is a trustworthy instructor.

On Our Lady's birthday, we hear of the many generations through whom God has brought His plan towards fulfilment; and He is at work in us, today, generation after generation.

Christ's Work of the Cross is the central point of all history: the point to which all things were leading from Creation; and the point around which each of us must gather in each new era - in the Mass - in order to speak as children to the Father, relying on Christ's offering and intercession, as we wait for the End of Time.

Christ's Work of the Cross is the central point of all history: the point to which all things were leading from Creation; and the point around which each of us must gather in each new era - in the Mass - in order to speak as children to the Father, relying on Christ's offering and intercession, as we wait for the End of Time.

Even when we trust in God and try to serve Him, it can seem as if life is a puzzle, with unexpected and ill-fitting parts. If we persevere, however, we shall see how Christ has been at work to make a special pattern out of those apparent oddments, for a special reason.

The Church is taught and guided by the Catholic Bishops who are in communion with one another and with the Pope. God has given us the Pope as our bond of unity. Only those Bishops who remain in union with the Pope (who is like the gem-stone in a ring of stones) are fulfilling God's plan and providing, with the Pope, authentic leadership for the Church.

Christ can see the life of each one of us, from start to finish. Through His omniscience as God, He sees exactly what use we will make of our free-will, and His gifts and graces. He sees the good choices and the bad, and sees all of our reactions to His invitations and interventions. He sees who will reach sanctity.

Christ can see the life of each one of us, from start to finish. Through His omniscience as God, He sees exactly what use we will make of our free-will, and His gifts and graces. He sees the good choices and the bad, and sees all of our reactions to His invitations and interventions. He sees who will reach sanctity.