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Christ is our guide, who both shields us at present from Heaven's dazzling light, prepares us for glory.

Christ's pure truth is poured - I saw - drop by drop into the soul, gathered in readiness for a great outpouring.

What a vast space - as it were - is the soul which has been prepared by God. When personal needs are small, thousands may shelter.

Our "living-by-faith" resembles the training of a gymnast; without practice, we shall not be calm, sure, unworried and hopeful.

Wrong attitudes and old habits-of-mind can appear, like lumps showing through new wallpaper; firm preparation is needed for faith.

Altar and sanctuary are encircled by fire. One who would approach ought to prepare, and to accept purification.

The painful purification which souls undergo in this life (if they consent) is like the pains of Purgatory, before 'birth' into Heaven.

It is essential that we put Christ at the centre of our lives. If we do not pray, do not listen to the Church, and do not obey God's laws as taught by the Church, we shall not be prepared for Heaven when the time comes to die.

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 we confess our faults, with acts of faith in Christ's love, we enable Him to draw us towards a secure place, beside Him.

Christ, like an elder brother or friend, delights in our efforts to be ready for the celebration of Mass. When we are sorry for our sins, and He forgives us, it is as though He sees us properly attired.

Christ, like an elder brother or friend, delights in our efforts to be ready for the celebration of Mass. When we are sorry for our sins, and He forgives us, it is as though He sees us properly attired.

There is little remaining purification after death for a faithful priest. It is as if he is clothed, after death, in a crisp white alb, as the angels prepare him to meet his Lord.

Christ's love for us is so great that he waits until we meet in Heaven to express it fully. Until then, His touch is restrained, as when a doting grandfather reaches out gently to an infant.

As a loving father increases his child's joy, before a party, by asking her to wait, blindfolded, as preparations are made, so God might hide the joys ahead, for our good.

Some people do not believe in the 'bridge to Heaven', which is Christ; or they allow themselves to be carried away by the crowd to follow another, Godless way of life. At death, suddenly arriving at the Abyss, and nowhere near the 'bridge', they plunge to their doom. Nothing can stop them from falling. They have nothing to hold onto.

Heaven is like a bright Home far above earth's darkness; an exalted state; a free gift of which we are not worthy. Preparation is necessary for those who want to live with the saints in perfect love and unity, in the embrace of the Three Divine Persons, in Their perfect bliss and peace.

Heaven is like a bright Home far above earth's darkness; an exalted state; a free gift of which we are not worthy. Preparation is necessary for those who want to live with the saints in perfect love and unity, in the embrace of the Three Divine Persons, in Their perfect bliss and peace.

God is so powerful and Holy, it is as if He would crush us with His glory, were He to allow His fiery love to overwhelm us when we are unprepared. It would be as though the Cathedral wall burst inward, as His love poured upon us like a torrent of living fire.

It is a cause for sadness, that many people never pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory - amongst whom might be their own friends and relations. It is not a light matter, either, that many do not themselves believe that they might need purification after death; it's as if they imagine they will all be perfect, ready for Heaven!