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When we repent of our sins Jesus Christ looks on us with tenderness just as when a mother embraces her child

At the centre of the Basilica of Knock shrine, I saw Jesus during the Holy Mass; He was blazing with light, a mitre on His head.

Our life should be offered to God, entirely, wholeheartedly; for His service and glory. This is what Christ did on earth.

As a new priest's hands were anointed ("May Jesus preserve you"), Christ, clothed as our Bishop, stood in the sanctuary.

We can meet Christ in the Blessed Sacrament on the altar; in His Person and His Presence, we can touch every stage of Christ's life.

Christ said that He, the Son of Mary, is like His mother, in his tender gestures and tactful silences.

The best mediator for men in trouble is another man. The very best is the God-man, Jesus Christ: He surpasses all others by His Divine Love, combined with His human cry from the depths of the pit which is human estrangement and suffering.

One who 'touches' Christ at the 'intersection' of Divine and human life at Holy Mass, 'touches' Christ the infant, the crucified, the Risen Lord.

We can offer up our sufferings in union with Jesus in His Passion, to comfort Him, and to help other souls. Every suffering in our lives can be offered up, united with Jesus in that same type of suffering in His own life: our fear united to His in Gethsemane; our being misunderstood, with Jesus deserted by His Apostles; our grief, with Jesus weeping for Lazarus; our fear of evil forces, with Jesus being tempted by Satan.

As we pray to the 'Sacred Heart of Jesus', His gentle Heart longs to help us in our troubles and to assist our friends.

As I praised God, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, I saw the risen Christ radiant and joyful, the Son of the Immaculate Mother.

Just as Christ toddled steadily forwards, held by His Mother, so we can walk like simple trusting children, unafraid and hopeful.

When Christ is Really Present before us, in the Holy Sacrifice, we are present to His entire life, which is "in" Him now.

One who prays in Christ's name is like a child who is held close by her heavenly Father, who allows her to move His arm - to help and to heal others.

One who loves and serves Christ can 'touch' every moment of Christ's life, and can share even His journeys across the wilderness.

Our intercessions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, in the name of Jesus, are like a rope that draws them towards heaven

Our intercessions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, in the name of Jesus, are like a rope that draws them towards heaven

Our intercessions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, in the name of Jesus, are like a rope that draws them towards heaven

Our intercessions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, in the name of Jesus, are like a rope that draws them towards heaven

Though Divine, Christ is truly man, and delights in comforting us, His relations, responding immediately to our sincere prayers.