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At each moment of renewed thanksgiving, the soul emerges a little further from the carapace of self-will.

He placed an altar in my heart, where I could sacrifice my will, in order to do His Will (whatever the cost) out of love for Him. He adorned it, as if at a special consecration.

Even when we are weak, Christ is with us, and sends His angel to guide and guard us.

I remember steeling my will, and feeding on Christ for survival, in order to do my daily duties.

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

Christ showed me a road leading towards Him, and explained how - by my own will - I become distracted from the important goal.

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

The life of peace and grace cannot be tasted by one who refuses to discard his selfish desires. Thus laden, he cannot enter humbly within his own soul.

God's grace pours through a devout soul, to others, as if through a window, yet the least speck of self-interest obstructs the flow.

Just as light and air pour into a hollow space beneath sand, God's grace pours into a soul 'hollowed' by acts of self-abnegation.

Our soul is like a cave hidden deep within the earth. Its walls are of solid 'rock' which is selfishness. Faith makes a way 'up'.

One who 'empties' herself, for God's sake, of selfish ambitions, can hold up and offer Christ, and the great glory of His Sacrifice, like a trophy, to the Father.

By faith and self-sacrifice, one can pass through the narrow 'channel' (of Christ's way) which leads to Heaven's Glory.

The merest scrap of self-will causes the soul's union with God to be weakened, as when planks are glued together and pulled apart.

Every time we choose to do God's Will and not our own, we are like someone who removes the threads which still cling to Him, when he has bravely 'parachuted' into a life of grace.

Every time we choose to do God's Will and not our own, we are like someone who removes the threads which still cling to Him, when he has bravely 'parachuted' into a life of grace.

"Would St. Paul Recognise it?" The Lord showed me the 'New Gospel' preached today by those who dissent from the Church's teachings, and who rarely mention sin or punishment, and speak as if it is easy to be saved, no matter how a person chooses to live.

Everything in a priest's life should pale into insignificance when set beside the supreme task of saving souls and leading them towards an everlasting Easter. No personal or private ambition or scheme must intrude.

The Catholic way of life consists of love and obedience. Without love, we become self-satisfied by our obedience. Without obedience to God's Will, we 'fall' into self-will. With both, we resemble Christ our Saviour.

Someone who lives in a state of grace, with no aspect of his life 'hidden' from God's gaze through shame or self-will, is as if living underneath an umbrella of light, doing one good thing after another in the true freedom of the children of God.