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The painful purification which souls undergo in this life (if they consent) is like the pains of Purgatory, before 'birth' into Heaven.

Christ our brother and Divine Saviour paid the debt due from our sins. In acknowledging Him, we emerge from our 'pit'.

Christ our brother and Divine Saviour paid the debt due from our sins. In acknowledging Him, we emerge from our 'pit'.

Christ and Our Lady are like Heavenly Attendants, helping us while something wonderful is being born from spiritual turmoil and perseverance.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

Just as Christ bore suffering as punishment for others, so it is with us, who can help other souls by our patient acceptance of suffering.

Christ showed me that in my present suffering I am as if lying in the Father's arms, tenderly carried.

God is at work even when we are physically frail - He can slowly 'detach' us from life, as a backing fabric is slowly removed from a piece of tape, to prepare us for Heaven.

Some, who are reluctant to follow Christ, point to life's map, demanding that Christ lead them only over easy terrain.

Christ was seated on a Heavenly throne, within our Sanctuary. Christ our God is worthy of the sufferings we bear for love of Him.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

Our Lady endured grief and horror, watching her son at the very edge of the Abyss, before she was eventually glorified as the Mother of God.

By patient endurance - out of love for Christ - we can resemble Him, and also be lifted up and glorified.

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.

The suffering Saviour stands, with outstretched arms, to shelter repentant people; and the Father looks lovingly from Heaven, upon His Son.

When we pray and suffer in union with Christ, we help souls as surely as when people are rescued from a dark tunnel.

Like Mary, we sometimes have to face the 'burial' of our earthly hopes; yet God can give us lasting joy if we put our trust in Him.