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

As an earthly father lifts up his little child for frank talk and tender embraces, so God delights in us in the prayer of contemplation.

When someone rests like a child, in the Father's embrace, in prayer, that person cannot 'see' much precisely because of the closeness of that union.

When someone rests like a child, in the Father's embrace, in prayer, that person cannot 'see' much precisely because of the closeness of that union.

Through prayer and gratitude we are drawn into the very life of God

As only a powerful force can push away clouds above the earth, so only powerful contemplative prayer makes a 'way' for Divine Light to shine upon needy people.

As only a powerful force can push away clouds above the earth, so only powerful contemplative prayer makes a 'way' for Divine Light to shine upon needy people.

Only in Heaven can God finally demonstrates the fullness of His love for us. If He did this in earthly life, we would die of joy - though He does give extraordinary gifts and joys to those who love Him, in contemplation. So, too, a loving grandfather on earth cannot hug the new child with too much affection, or he would hurt him. He much restrain himself, and show love through his care.

A true contemplative remains close to God, as a child with her father rests her head on his chest, raising her head only to speak.

God is as pure as fire. He is active, holy, powerful and bright. It is he who lifts up a soul who has placed herself before him. Those tendrils of flame no longer burn, but act as 'touches' of sweetness in a divine embrace.

When someone prays in rapt attention to God, and is even lifted 'high' by Him in contemplation, it's as if she holds aside a curtain which had shut out the light of Heaven. She has made it possible - by God's grace - for His graces to pour down upon earth upon other people.

In contemplation we can be held as if in a great 'breath': held in the 'wind' which is the Holy Spirit, a sweet breath in which the soul is carried and consoled, and held as if at God's heart.

Just as the people of God in Moses' time were led by a pillar of fire, a true contemplative today can be guided interiorly as if by a strong sweet fire. It teaches and consoles in just the way that Christ does.

Just as the people of God in Moses' time were led by a pillar of fire, a true contemplative today can be guided interiorly as if by a strong sweet fire. It teaches and consoles in just the way that Christ does.

The 'flight' of a soul in prayer, in Divine grace and sweetness, is like the soaring of a swallow, or the swift movement of a dolphin, or a shark gracefully circling, or a Dove descending in simplicity and peace.

The 'flight' of a soul in prayer, in Divine grace and sweetness, is like the soaring of a swallow, or the swift movement of a dolphin, or a shark gracefully circling, or a Dove descending in simplicity and peace.

The Godhead is like a walled city. Only if we are carried by the Holy Spirit can we be carried over the wall into Heaven when we die; and only by His power can people approach Heaven in contemplation, as if by a rope ladder which is prayer.

The purity of Heaven is far away from any worldly, sinful way of life. We may be half-way to Heaven, with Christ and Our Lady, in contemplation and acts of charity, but only by grace can we persevere to the end, on the 'hard road'

In contemplation, we sometimes need to make an occasional 'movement' of the heart, to stay on course, just as a yachtsman carried by a good wind needs to lean now and then on the tiller.

Each person who genuinely experiences God in contemplation and is able to describe such things is like someone who has glimpsed bright scenes through Gaps in a 'cloud' which is Divine Life and Eternity. We cannot 'see' the whole picture.