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Christ is Really Present with us in the Blessed Sacrament. We are just as close to Him, in Holy Communion, as were His friends, when they sat beside Him in Galilee.
To love Christ, to know Him, to depend on Him, and to trust in Him in every circumstance is to allow Him to fill one's life with His light, which can radiate outwards to enlighten other people.
There are all sort of trials that must be faced by Christians who are trying to be faithful. This should not surprise us. Christ was not surprised by the jeering crowds who lined the streets of Jerusalem as He staggered along the road the Calvary.
It is possible to bear constant heartache 'side-by-side' with spiritual joy, as Jesus Himself experienced in earthly life. His heart ached whenever people showed misunderstanding or malice towards Him, yet He remained in blissful union with the Father.
Christ greeted me with His arms open wide in a loving gesture, showing His delight, on my child's birthday, that I have welcomed every child I have conceived, and have been grateful for God's gift of help.
Christ told me how much joy it gave Him to see me full of wonder at the gift of life, each time I was pregnant. Each time I celebrate the birthday of one of the children, I find that Christ shows me anew, in prayer, how He delights in my gratitude.
Christ promised huge rewards for all who leave 'houses, lands or children' for His sake; and His promise holds true today, for all who put their trust in Him and believe what He has said on this subject of consecrated virginity or celibacy.
On the birthday of my younger son I saw Christ at the altar, His arms stretched out in prayer as He praised the Father for all the spouses who love one another and who welcome and love their children, and are grateful for the gift of life.
Christ, Who gives the gift of life, is horrified that tiny human beings, who should be treasured, are poisoned or dismembered in their mothers' wombs through abortion, and thrown or flushed away like so much garbage.
Christ, Who gives the gift of life, is horrified that tiny human beings, who should be treasured, are poisoned or dismembered in their mothers' wombs through abortion, and thrown or flushed away like so much garbage.
Christ showed me the hundreds of little figures in the great panorama spread before me. Many people were flying about, on leaving earthly life, some rising up to Heaven in amazement and joy, others falling with horrified faces into the darkness of Hell.
The Last Judgment, Part D, The life of grace and the faith of the Church helps us prepare for Heaven
The Last Judgment, Part E, The whole history of salvation culminates in the Death and Resurrection of Christ, which allows us to cross from a life of sin to a life of grace in the Church
The Last Judgment, Part F, Without God's grace and mercy revealed in Christ, human life becomes a place of sin, sadness and desolation
The Last Judgment, Part G, The agony of life without God in Hell
The Last Judgment, Part H, The agony of life without God in Hell
Then the Lord took my soul as if to the heights of Heaven, to show me that, from such a perspective, Earth is very small, and earthly life very brief; and so we who live on earth act wisely if we do good, out of love for God, while we still have time.
The Saints in Heaven are there because they did God's Will in earthly life, or did it belatedly, having repented; so Christ treasures our every act of obedience to His wishes.
Vocations to the Priesthood and to the Religious Life are plentiful where Catholics love Christ, the Church, and it's teachings, and do not regard it as demeaning to live in obedience to Catholic teaching on faith and morals.
Where families are faithful to the teachings of the Church, out of love for Christ and His pastors, they act as a seed-bed for vocations to the Priesthood and religious life. How can the Faith be handed on fervently by Catholics who don't believe or practice it?
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