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He placed an altar in my heart, where I could sacrifice my will, in order to do His Will (whatever the cost) out of love for Him. He adorned it, as if at a special consecration.

One of the horrors of war is that it can corrupt the innocent victims as well as the aggressors. Just as a 'good' soldier can become careless of life's virtue, and even cruel, so an 'innocent' victim is in danger of hating those who made her suffer, and therefore being 'innocent' no more.

Christ is tender towards us, whatever our moods, whether we are greeting Him in sadness, or like a schoolgirl in boisterous joy.

I saw Christ standing on the brink of Heaven, His arms outstretched in prayer: whatever I ask of the Father, Jesus in Heaven asks it for me.

By Baptism, the soul becomes a furnace of Divine Love, as the Indwelling Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - shines out Glory from that soul upon others. It's as if the entire person is irradiated with light, all sin banished. This is a 'child of God', whatever age this person is; adopted by God and ready for Heaven.

Christ loves to come to loving hearts, in Holy Communion. Bitter and resentful hearts make Him feel as He felt in His Holy Passion.

Whatever our sins or failures, we can turn to Christ and entrust our lives to Him, and He will plead to the Father for us

Prayer is a channel of grace, a powerful and sure means of giving gifts to a loved one, whatever the distance, through Christ.

Prayer is a channel of grace, a powerful and sure means of giving gifts to a loved one, whatever the distance, through Christ.

Christ counts as done to Himself the good or evil that we do to others. He counts as done to Himself whatever insult, blow, ill-humour, or lack of reverence is directed to those 'other Christs', our priests, whom Christ has chosen to lead and serve us.

Whoever curses, strikes, abandons or 'destroys' a spouse is cursing Christ in His Passion, or striking Christ with the soldiers, or abandoning Christ to His unjust sentence, or crucifying Christ on the Cross. Christ said that whatever we do to others, we do to Him.

Whoever curses, strikes, abandons or 'destroys' a spouse is cursing Christ in His Passion, or striking Christ with the soldiers, or abandoning Christ to His unjust sentence, or crucifying Christ on the Cross. Christ said that whatever we do to others, we do to Him.

Whoever cruelly deserts their spouse or children is causing them to suffer as Christ suffered in His Passion, when He was heartbroken and alone. Christ said that whatever evil we do to others, we do to Him, just as whatever good we do is 'counted' as done to Him.

Someone who refuses to forgive, and who hates and despises someone else, is as if piling up furniture against the inside of the door of her soul. God and His Light cannot shine in. She freely chooses to make a tomb of her own soul, and will find herself in Hell, if she perseveres in sin.

Just as the 'climate' within a well-made cable car remains the same, whatever the weather outside, so a mature soul is always calm and at peace within, whatever storms may rage exteriorly around him.

God is Truth, and when we speak truth to Him in prayer, it pleases Him, and we draw closer to Him, even as we say, perhaps, "I can't cope", or "Nobody loves me", or "I'm addicted", or "I hate those people", or "I'm afraid", or "I'm ashamed to look at you".

Whoever faces Christ, and says sincerely: "I'll do whatever you want", has begun the self-giving way of life found in the utterly self-giving love of the heart of the Holy Trinity

Christ asks His friends to entrust themselves to His care and to His plans - just as if each of us were to step into a car, at Christ's invitation, to let Him drive us wherever He pleases. Christ asks us to accept His Will for us, whatever it may bring.

Whatever our vocation, we can give glory to the Father by walking forward on the road He has asked us to follow. Christ is our companion, even if we cannot see Him.

Whatever our vocation, we can give glory to the Father by walking forward on the road He has asked us to follow. Christ is our companion, even if we cannot see Him.