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Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels. At our death, He looks for those who bear the marks of the cross and who are weary from His service; those who resemble Him, having persevered to the end out of love for Him.

Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels. At our death, He looks for those who bear the marks of the cross and who are weary from His service; those who resemble Him, having persevered to the end out of love for Him.

Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels. At our death, He looks for those who bear the marks of the cross and who are weary from His service; those who resemble Him, having persevered to the end out of love for Him.

Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels. At our death, He looks for those who bear the marks of the cross and who are weary from His service; those who resemble Him, having persevered to the end out of love for Him.

Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels. At our death, He looks for those who bear the marks of the cross and who are weary from His service; those who resemble Him, having persevered to the end out of love for Him.

He showed Himself as the door, opened more eagerly for those who resemble Him in wounds or in love, or who know His name.

The one who truly loves Christ should be truly like Him: as a mirror-image of Christ, for others, reproducing Christ's care and concern.

I saw Jesus reaching out to others, teaching me to imitate His greeting of others, His helping, teaching and consoling, in "truth and love".

All good fruits derive their goodness from the 'vine' which is Christ. The greatest nourishment comes from nearness to Him.

Those men called to the Priesthood who surrender family life with reluctance, as a sacrifice wrung from them by circumstance, are never as happy as those who are overwhelmed by the knowledge of God's love for them and see beauty and freedom in this total self-giving to God and His Will in imitation of Christ.

Those men called to the Priesthood who surrender family life with reluctance, as a sacrifice wrung from them by circumstance, are never as happy as those who are overwhelmed by the knowledge of God's love for them and see beauty and freedom in this total self-giving to God and His Will in imitation of Christ.

The Catholic way of life consists of love and obedience. Without love, we become self-satisfied by our obedience. Without obedience to God's Will, we 'fall' into self-will. With both, we resemble Christ our Saviour.

We imitate Christ, Who painfully climbed a stairway towards Pilate, as we ascend a holy stairway from earth to Heaven, trying by God's grace to remain trusting and faithful to the end.

There are times when we must 'go to extremes', in believing and teaching all that Christ teaches us through His Church, even when this makes us unpopular. In our willingness to speak the truth we follow Christ's example, and walk in His footsteps.

We cannot do better than imitate Christ, when we are puzzled by our own behaviour or by the foolish or evil behaviour of other people. Christ knew that His Father can bring good out of evil, and we should believe the same, if we must endure unavoidable suffering or disappointment.

When God allows us to endure suffering, we must remember that He can bring good out of every evil, including sickness. We please Him if we refrain from complaining when things are painful or inconvenient. By patience we respect the Father's Will and imitate Christ in His obedience.

A person who decides, for love of Christ, to seek out the most lonely or weary people at a celebration, or those who have travelled far, is 'like a Jesus' for others, giving companionship and joy - and in doing so pleasing our Saviour.

We can explain to a child that just as a car has parts, which makes it what it is, and has a purpose - to convey people along a road - and needs special fuel such as petrol, so a human being us composed of a body with a living soul or 'spirit' to make it alive. The spirit and body together are a person, whose purpose is to love God and become like Him, and whose 'fuel' is food for the body. and Holy Communion - Jesus Himself - for the soul.

We give great joy to Christ when we obey his wishes, whether His inspirations in prayer or the teachings of the Church; He even praises the Father for the good He sees in us. Christ knows that by our good thoughts, words and deeds we become more like Christ, and give glory to the Father.

In Being ordained to the Diaconate, a man leaps across the fence into a 'sacred space' which represents the life of the ordained celibate. When one day he speaks, as a priest, to the people, he will resemble Jesus on the Mount of Beatitudes; therefore he should resolve that he will never speak, act or think in ways which Jesus Christ his Master, the Son of God, would not have done.