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The least scrap of pride or self-righteousness prevents God's light from pouring within the soul, as surely as when the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

God guards the soul. He guards worthily the soul which receives Christ in Holy Communion. Holy Angels stand beside us, in reverent silence.

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.

We can offer up our sufferings in union with Jesus in His Passion, to comfort Him, and to help other souls. Every suffering in our lives can be offered up, united with Jesus in that same type of suffering in His own life: our fear united to His in Gethsemane; our being misunderstood, with Jesus deserted by His Apostles; our grief, with Jesus weeping for Lazarus; our fear of evil forces, with Jesus being tempted by Satan.

Contrition is the 'key' by which our soul is unfailingly made 'open' to receive God's graces. True contrition is not grovelling self-pity but sincere regret-for-sin combined with confidence that God loves, forgives, and can make us holy and joyful.

Just as a lack of a balanced diet can cause sickness and even deformity in children, so a lack of the fullness of truth (where a distorted Christian message is heard, or where Orders are not valid) can lead to 'deformity' or 'sickness' in souls, even when they have good-will.

Just as a lack of a balanced diet can cause sickness and even deformity in children, so a lack of the fullness of truth (where a distorted Christian message is heard, or where Orders are not valid) can lead to 'deformity' or 'sickness' in souls, even when they have good-will.

God gazes into our souls as if into a rock-pool; through clear water He glimpses Christ, the foundation. But the 'mud' of sin obscures His view.

Christ is at work with His saints, like builders preparing a building site, preparing our souls for lives of true holiness.

God's light, pouring into the soul of one who is reconciled, reveals only minor imperfections, which sometimes seem unavoidable in life on earth.

Our vigorous prayers act upon the soul with great effect, as when a scourer is pushed across a grubby window pane.

By the briefest prayer or the smallest act of charity, a soul may be saved from Hell, as if held up by the tip of a finger.

By the briefest prayer or the smallest act of charity, a soul may be saved from Hell, as if held up by the tip of a finger.

A good person's real fault 'spoils' the soul as thoroughly as a bad patch, hidden within, spoils an apple.

One whose soul is wholly dedicated to God sends a great fire of praise up to Heaven; 'lesser' souls contain a smaller flame.

The greater the number of our penances, made sincerely, then the deeper is made our soul's 'channel' through which grace reaches others.

As when a hollow is scooped in the sand, the ocean's wave pours in, so Divine life pours into a soul who by loving is 'emptied' to receive it.

A 'pile' of faults, sins, desires, ambitions or grudges can prevent Christ - Who loves us - from entering our soul with His light.

A 'pile' of faults, sins, desires, ambitions or grudges can prevent Christ - Who loves us - from entering our soul with His light.

Light and grace can pour lavishly upon my soul, from Christ, when I have been vigorously fighting temptations.