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I was shown a symbol of the Holy Trinity: three triangles, with a fire like molten lava (representing Divine Love) at the heart of each.

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.

Someone who does not open his heart as he prays with another person is like a man who only glances through His doorway but does not get up to greet other people.

Someone who has given both heart and mind to God in prayer, yet who is distracted by unwanted images, is no more to blame for them than a person who sits quietly in her room is to blame for the shadows cast on her window-blind by persons outside in the streetlight.

Where spiritual friends are open-hearted, and one receives Christ in Holy Communion, Christ's glory is so great that it blazes forth and even touches and 'scorches' the other friend.

Whenever a true friend of God waits before Him, the Lord must swiftly reach down, to draw His friend to His heart.

This is pure worship: To be at the heart of the Three Divine Persons, content to gaze, to adore, and to offer one's heart and life and self.

Whoever prays with an open heart is like a friend who offers a kind greeting instead of speaking through a kitchen hatch.

It's as if the 'heart' of each person, in his private union with God, is sheltered behind a huge wall; yet the fire of charity and joy which blazes there can be glimpsed from a distance.

In pure worship, the three Divine Persons surround us with their love and power, and we offer our hearts to their will.

Whenever we pray 'Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit', with a sincere heart, it's as if a sunspot erupts in our hearts, as glory streams up to God, to honour Him and to bring delight to the whole of Heaven.

The Communion of Saints is like a whispering gallery in a Cathedral dome that can unite those far away. Each person can choose to be 'in communion' or to board himself away. Some, half-boarded, are not full members of the Catholic Church, or half-hearted Catholics. Those completely exposed are in communion even if very far apart geographically. Those absent have chosen to live in mortal sin.

Whoever loves and trusts God, and remains faithful to Him, is drawn to His heart as surely as someone swept to the centre of a whirlpool

Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is the One who can fill the 'God-shaped' hollow in each human heart.

We hear about a 'God-shaped hollow' at the centre of the human heart. It is Christ in the Holy Eucharist Who is able to fill that space. Only He can give us what we need for true life and joy, here and in eternity.

Our Blessed Lady stood in the Lady Chapel, in glory, showing how she shares our joy on the feast of the Birth of her son, Our Lord. She played an important part in God's plan of salvation, and should have an important place in our lives and hearts, as our Mother.

Whoever faces Christ, and says sincerely: "I'll do whatever you want", has begun the self-giving way of life found in the utterly self-giving love of the heart of the Holy Trinity

Our progress towards Heaven can be like a sales graph. We have done well if we have moved steadily upwards, despite occasional stumbles on the path, and have never turned back since first giving our life and heart to Christ.

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.

Heaven was represented as a huge flower, at the heart of which was a beautiful, perfumed, dazzling sanctuary. Hell is the opposite: like a collection of dead flowers close by the earth, all damp and decaying, all colour and beauty gone, replaced by a repulsive sight.