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Persons who freely follow conscience and try to do what is right, are being drawn by God's Spirit, even if they do not know it.

No other praise but Christ's Sacrifice is worthy of the Father. All who praise God through Christ are praising Him through the power of that offering - even Christians who do not know about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Just as a lack of a balanced diet can cause sickness and even deformity in children, so a lack of the fullness of truth (where a distorted Christian message is heard, or where Orders are not valid) can lead to 'deformity' or 'sickness' in souls, even when they have good-will.

Just as a lack of a balanced diet can cause sickness and even deformity in children, so a lack of the fullness of truth (where a distorted Christian message is heard, or where Orders are not valid) can lead to 'deformity' or 'sickness' in souls, even when they have good-will.

Christ asked me to speak like an ignorant child, but one who is close to Him because of faith, repentance and friendship.

Christ asked me to speak like an ignorant child, but one who is close to Him because of faith, repentance and friendship.

Christ sees our behaviour in church - some bad behaviour due to ignorance, some due to carelessness or lack of love for Him. He does not take offense. He loves us all dearly. Yet when He sees how some people treat His house of prayer, and His Presence, it's as if He is on the Cross, being struck by His enemies.

As a ship on the ocean is surrounded by water, so are we entirely surrounded and held up by God's love - whether or not we are praying, and whether or not we experience His presence.

As a ship on the ocean is surrounded by water, so are we entirely surrounded and held up by God's love - whether or not we are praying, and whether or not we experience His presence.

As a ship on the ocean is surrounded by water, so are we entirely surrounded and held up by God's love - whether or not we are praying, and whether or not we experience His presence.

Of all the paths which people tell us lead to God, only one does so. There is no way 'up' to God except through Christ and His life of grace. Other short paths are made by human beings who search for truth. We can admire their sincerity and good desires but not their main conclusions if they take us away from Christ.

If Jesus were walking through a town centre, people would rush to see Him. Yet He is now truly Present a few metres away, in the tabernacle in our church; and though He longs to welcome us, many people don't know about Him - or simply ignore Him.

If Jesus were walking through a town centre, people would rush to see Him. Yet He is now truly Present a few metres away, in the tabernacle in our church; and though He longs to welcome us, many people don't know about Him - or simply ignore Him.

In our misery and sin, we are like people trapped underground in a coal-mine. Some have no idea of life above ground. Yet no-one can be rescued who does not realise that he needs to be rescued.

Some souls are horrified, at death, to realise how many times they have ignored the Lord's approaches, kindness, opportunities and warnings.

God is so 'other' that we cannot understand all about Him. In His patience He 'waits' century by century as stalactites form. In His delight in creation He makes little creatures like a caterpillar.

God is so 'other' that we cannot understand all about Him. In His patience He 'waits' century by century as stalactites form. In His delight in creation He makes little creatures like a caterpillar.

God sees every good effort of human beings to serve Him. Sincere people in many religions reach out towards Heaven, to praise their Creator, however they picture Him, and in the hope of contact with Him. Yet the Catholic Faith is different from other religions in that, at every Mass, Heaven is laid open above us. Christ's power and Christ's intercession allow us to reach the Father, in the Spirit, through baptism and faith and the Sacrifice of the Mass.

A person who has not seen a warning, and who skates on the thin ice, might be blameless, but still risks danger. So with those who commit from ignorance what are objectively sinful acts. They might not be culpable, but they are in danger of making a habit of sin, or being led to worse.

Christ showed me that all those people in the hundred-year-old newsreel are now dead, and are in Heaven or Hell or Purgatory. How many were aware that their behaviour had eternal consequences? And each of us alive today will end our lives with a meeting with almighty God.