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He strolled around His little Kingdom, which is my soul, comforting me, as His angels stood by.

At the Mass, like a fisherman, Jesus draws up into His Kingdom those who love Him

At the Mass, like a fisherman, Jesus draws up into His Kingdom those who love Him

At the Mass, like a fisherman, Jesus draws up into His Kingdom those who love Him

The one who crucifies his or her own desires, for the sake of the kingdom, truly follows the 'narrow way' which leads to Heaven.

What steel doors some souls have, not admitting the Spirit, trapped by their own will in their own coffin-kingdoms.

Wherever a soul delivers up its life for God's work and glory, the Kingdom of God touches this Earth, and God truly reigns.

God's Kingdom touches the earth whenever a soul delivers up its life for His work and glory

Whenever we truly repent we are like a new child emerging from a chasm of darkness into God's Kingdom

Whenever we truly repent we are like a new child emerging from a chasm of darkness into God's Kingdom

Only when we discard every prop, disguise, pretence, or possession can we slip through to God's Kingdom.

When someone is patient is suffering, forgives enemies, looks with compassion on those who act unjustly, and comforts people in need, then other people see - as if through an open door - a glimpse of another Kingdom, a way of life which is Christ's Kingdom and Christ's Way.

The Kingdom of Heaven, where God reigns in glory, extends as far as Earth: to each place, or each soul, where God's Will is done. Wherever people believe what is taught by Christ and His Church, and out of love for Christ put his teachings into practice, in truth, justice, love, purity and holiness, the Kingdom is made present. All are invited to enter.

Baptism is the normal means by which we are made adopted children of God our King, Who then gives us special helps, blessings, intimacy, joys - and the promise of inheriting His Kingdom. Onlookers can hope to benefit from the King's generosity, in some way, but the wisest go to the King's representatives to ask for adoption.

In Baptism a person is made God's own child - 'adopted' - transformed, empowered by the Holy Spirit, made a member of the Church, freed from sin and made an heir or heiress to the Kingdom of Heaven, if faithful to the end.

As God the Father looks down upon the whole world, He sees that only a few of His children today have guarded the Kingdom of their souls. Many have let in the smoke and stench of worldly influences, and even Satan himself, the enemy.

How many souls have guarded the walls of God's kingdom within their souls? How many have not only let in the smoke and stench of worldly attitudes but even the enemy himself, the evil one, who now sits enthroned in that soul, gleefully surveying each unholy life and its activities? Very many have done so.

It is important to maintain a state of grace. Christ reminds us that the soul is a holy place, because of the Divine indwelling. We can withdraw into that place whenever the clamour 'outside' is too loud, as we work for Christ's Kingdom; and we shall find peace, comfort and refreshment, even when we are in the public eye.

A person who ends his life in Hell is trapped, and hopeless. He had one life on earth, and countless opportunities in which to do good, to love God and his neighbour and to make wise choices. But in freely choosing to do evil, right to the end, he chose to live in Satan's Kingdom, from which there is no escape.

When a person deliberately commits grievous sin, it's as if he leaps out of the Kingdom or out of a state of grace, into a dark area which slopes steadily downwards into a deep pit. No-one gets out of that by his own power, but needs to pray for grace - or to be helped by the intercession of those who love Christ.