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A person who prays to God with a sincere heart, offering Christ's prayer and Christ's saving work, is making his own Christ's love and Sacrifice; and thus he 'inserts' himself into the life of the Holy Trinity, as a diver enters an ever-flowing and powerful river.
At the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass we have 'fire from Heaven', as the fire of Christ's infinite love blazes before the Father.
Christ pushed aside a curtain and unveiled more of the joys which shall delight those who love Him to the end.
By patient endurance - out of love for Christ - we can resemble Him, and also be lifted up and glorified.
By avoiding sin within marriage, including the practice of contraception, a husband and wife show their obedience to God and express their love for one another
By avoiding sin within marriage, including the practice of contraception, a husband and wife show their obedience to God and express their love for one another
Where a married couple really love one another, and love God, they want to do His Will. He wants them to be faithful to one another, and to refuse to use sinful means of seeking pleasure or avoiding conception. They can be sure, by their faithfulness to God's Will (even if this means abstinence, pain or heartache) that they offer an unmarred expression of love to their Creator and also to one another.
Where a married couple really love one another, and love God, they want to do His Will. He wants them to be faithful to one another, and to refuse to use sinful means of seeking pleasure or avoiding conception. They can be sure, by their faithfulness to God's Will (even if this means abstinence, pain or heartache) that they offer an unmarred expression of love to their Creator and also to one another.
When I pray: 'Help us poor sinners', Jesus and Mary respond with love and encouragement, as if from the 'edge' of Heaven.
A married couple who really love one another, and really love God, want to do His Will, which is that they remain faithful to one another, and welcome any children who are conceived through their union and through God's gift of life.
The suffering Saviour stands, with outstretched arms, to shelter repentant people; and the Father looks lovingly from Heaven, upon His Son.
Christ assured me that he looks on lovingly as I do my simple duties (as I write Christmas cards, or cook a meal) through love for God and 'neighbour'.
Whoever trusts in God can 'see' himself not as drowning in God's holiness, rather as being carried on an ocean of compassion.
It is as though Christ is so generous that He's like a vessel of precious ointment. A 'drop' of grace can effect change in us.
When we unite our sacrifices to Christ's offering, other souls are helped - as surely as when an injured person is lifted high out of danger.
It pleased Jesus to bring His Mother Mary to be with Him in the Lady Chapel, and to show me what I believe: that they are real people who love me and are touched by my humble and grateful prayers.
It pleased Jesus to bring His Mother Mary to be with Him in the Lady Chapel, and to show me what I believe: that they are real people who love me and are touched by my humble and grateful prayers.
It pleased Jesus to bring His Mother Mary to be with Him in the Lady Chapel, and to show me what I believe: that they are real people who love me and are touched by my humble and grateful prayers.
It is the Will of God that we fulfil our duties towards our immediate family. If we neglect to feed and clothe them, we neglect to feed and clothe Christ, as He explained in His parable: "I was hungry, thirsty, sick and you did not help me".
It is the Will of God that we fulfil our duties towards our immediate family. If we neglect to feed and clothe them, we neglect to feed and clothe Christ, as He explained in His parable: "I was hungry, thirsty, sick and you did not help me".
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