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God the Father, aware of the horrific cost of the Incarnation, reaches out, through His Holy Spirit, to His Beloved Son, Who willingly assents to come to earth for our salvation

God the Father, aware of the horrific cost of the Incarnation, reaches out, through His Holy Spirit, to His Beloved Son, Who willingly assents to come to earth for our salvation

God the Father, aware of the horrific cost of the Incarnation, reaches out, through His Holy Spirit, to His Beloved Son, Who willingly assents to come to earth for our salvation

People are helped by our intercessions for them in prayer as surely as a desperate person caught in a quicksand is helped by friends who winch him to safety from a helicopter.

Some priests need much help. They are unwilling or afraid to teach the whole truth that they were called to preach and teach. Their work will be as unsuccessful as the work of an artist who, claiming to draw a camel, draws only three camel's legs, and one leg of a horse. The creature, if it could walk, would give an uncomfortable ride.

Before the tabernacle, we are in the Presence of the living God, whose Triune glory fills the Church. To be close to Christ in the tabernacle is to be close to the living God Whose glory fills the church.

Where untruths or distortions of truth are included in programmes of Catechesis, or in Catholic talks and journals, it's as if people are being offered, at a party, a plate which holds drawing pins as well as nuts. Serious spiritual injury can result from poor or poisonous nutrition.

The Lord sees behind the image we present to the world. The Lord sees 'behind' our masks, our exteriors. He sees the state of our souls. He sees sinful souls as being grievously 'sick' and wounded, in desperate need of help - if they will accept it.

A very sinful person is in a pitiful state, in God's sight, and in the 'sight' of those who are permitted by God to 'read' souls - as the sickest of sick human beings. Someone in serious sin, who denies that he is sinful, or persists in it, is like a person with festering sores who refuses to have his wounds treated.

Someone in serious sin, who denies it, is like a man who pretends to look normal but who really has festering sores which he refuses to reveal to a doctor.

In His Divine Life, God is far 'higher' above us, because of His otherness, and His holiness and purity, than the most towering feature of our earthly landscape.

In His power, God is more awesome and imposing than the greatest tidal wave which towers over men, women and children, and cannot be stopped, controlled or turned back by anyone.

In His justice, God is like a huge bird of prey, who sees from afar the tiniest creature on earth and all its movements.

In His unchanging Will, God is like the perpetual and steady descent of a vast forest waterfall. Just as the water cannot suddenly flow upwards or sideways, so God never changes in His desire to offer us true life, true freedom, forgiveness and holiness, if we will accept them.

A person who rejects God walks into spiritual darkness

In His grace and beauty, God is like a leaping creature of the plains, like a gazelle: exquisite to look upon, graceful in every act and movement, swift to respond to the least cry or disturbance, yet often seeming motionless and at peace.

God, who loves us, is like the most faithful lover who dazzles his beloved with His gifts, but touches her heart most deeply by his sweetness and gentle care.

God is like the most faithful and tender lover, who moves His beloved above all by His sweetness and gentle care

God, who loves us, is like the most faithful lover who dazzles his beloved with His gifts, but touches her heart most deeply by his sweetness and gentle care.

The Church is taught and guided by the Catholic Bishops who are in communion with one another and with the Pope. God has given us the Pope as our bond of unity. Only those Bishops who remain in union with the Pope (who is like the gem-stone in a ring of stones) are fulfilling God's plan and providing, with the Pope, authentic leadership for the Church.