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Someone who does not open his heart as he prays with another person is like a man who only glances through His doorway but does not get up to greet other people.

Someone who welcomes another person to pray with them is acting in a friendly, helpful manner which brings great benefits.

Whoever praises the Father in Christ's name, in the Spirit, is united with Christ and with all the saints who worship in Heaven.

Whenever souls encourage one another in holiness they help one another to rise up in prayer towards Heaven: freed from fear, doubt or hesitation.

When a soul is almost 'full' of God's grace (like a flooded room) everything and everyone in that person's life is therefore 'touched' by God, as well as that person who opened the 'door'.

Children' of God are at play in His Presence, it seems, amongst the tendrils of flame with which the Father reaches out from the great, bright fire of the Godhead.

Someone who has given both heart and mind to God in prayer, yet who is distracted by unwanted images, is no more to blame for them than a person who sits quietly in her room is to blame for the shadows cast on her window-blind by persons outside in the streetlight.

I must descend a 'stairway' from the heights of prayer, to re-enter ordinary life; yet in Heaven, there will be unending celebration.

If I remain always at the foot of the cross, I'll remember that all the graces I now enjoy were won through Christ's lonely torment on Calvary. How can I then become proud or self-satisfied?

Where spiritual friends are open-hearted, and one receives Christ in Holy Communion, Christ's glory is so great that it blazes forth and even touches and 'scorches' the other friend.

When I praised the Father for His gifts in prayer, he showed me that His Holy Spirit enfolds me in sweet 'fire', in joy.

Just as an old coat gives evidence of wear and damage, so my life will give evidence of toil and turmoil, and triumph.

By this image, the Lord has provided a reminder that the Three Divine Persons are One God - Holy and undivided. When we approach One in prayer, we are approaching all three Divine Persons.

Whoever prays to one Divine Person prays to the one, Eternal, Triune God Who is undivided.

It is love for God that 'counts' in prayer. Someone who gives his entire attention to God in love and reverence might find himself rising to the 'heights' with no effort, as if on a magic carpet - unlike those who try to storm Heaven with loud demands. The Saints lean down, to encourage us all to approach God with patience and humility.

As a seagull soars effortlessly on high, resting on the winds as it gazes all around, so the soul can soar effortlessly in prayer, 'resting' on the Spirit's power, gazing towards Heaven, towards the invisible Father Whose touch is felt, but Who cannot yet be seen.

There are many different ways of praying, and many different interior attitudes; what matters is our sincere love for God

There are many different ways of praying, and many different interior attitudes; what matters is our sincere love for God

If we are one with Christ in the Mass in the living memorial of the Sacrifice of the Cross, we are one with Christ in His Eternal self-offering in the inner life of the Blessed Trinity. That is why the Holy Eucharist is a pledge of future glory as well as a sacrifice for sin. To belong to Christ and to receive Him in Holy Communion is a foretaste of the union and communion that we can enjoy for all Eternity if we remains faithful.

If we are one with Christ in the Mass in the living memorial of the Sacrifice of the Cross, we are one with Christ in His Eternal self-offering in the inner life of the Blessed Trinity. That is why the Holy Eucharist is a pledge of future glory as well as a sacrifice for sin. To belong to Christ and to receive Him in Holy Communion is a foretaste of the union and communion that we can enjoy for all Eternity if we remains faithful.