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With faith and longing we can open the 'door' of the soul from inside and allow God's light to shine within us

At the centre of the Basilica of Knock shrine, I saw Jesus during the Holy Mass; He was blazing with light, a mitre on His head.

We see the Holy Scriptures as printed words on paper, yet God's light and wisdom pour through the text upon those who will approach them, while others choose to stand in the darkness.

God, the source of all light and wisdom, nourishes us through words and through teachers; but in Communion, we meet the Divine Son, the whole Person.

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.

In the heart and mind of one who welcomes Him, the Holy Spirit is like a lamp, a source of wisdom and infinite power, and the means of prayer.

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

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.

Christ, the truth, is shining out towards each soul. A pure soul, like a crystal, receives many virtues. A dark and sinful soul is not penetrated by Christ's light, but is like a rock.

Our God is like a blazing fire. Into that life and light we hope to enter. Christ leads us to that perfection.

It is in God that we can find a loving home or a hearth, with light and warmth. 'Outside' Him is only pain and darkness.

Christ alone can 'hold' us in the brightness of God's glory, in the purity, power and radiance of the life of the Godhead.

Christ is honoured by us not by gifts: but by our consenting to be emptied and purified - like a lamp in which Christ shines.

God's holiness is so great that - all at once - it fills our church, yet also holds the whole building in invisible light and fire.

God's holiness is so great that - all at once - it fills our church, yet also holds the whole building in invisible light and fire.

Christ's Light shone out, during His life on earth. From Heaven, the Father gazed upon a selfless, loving Man-God.

When I greeted Christ with love, I saw a dazzling light shine all around, from the Sacred Host: the Light of Christ.

Someone who refuses to forgive, and who hates and despises someone else, is as if piling up furniture against the inside of the door of her soul. God and His Light cannot shine in. She freely chooses to make a tomb of her own soul, and will find herself in Hell, if she perseveres in sin.

We need to trust in Christ in all difficulties, and value His Will and His opinion above all. We allow His light to shine powerfully from our lives when we have removed all 'obstacles'.