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Stages of the spiritual life - used for a retreat at Ampleforth College

She did not realise that in deliberately rejecting God and His laws she had embraced evil. She thought she was free, but she had already put herself in the power of him who now half-devoured her.

I used to lie in the long warm grass, in summer, overwhelmed by the beauty around me, looking at the little insects that ran up and down a grass-stalk, or following the pattern of the clouds in the sky: aware of the 'hand' or presence of our Creator.

Christ loves to be welcomed when He comes amongst us at the Consecration. He is overjoyed when we welcome the children to whom He has given the gift of life, and to whom we should give not just nourishment but also loving care.

The light of prayer reveals the truth in our hearts and minds.

Some souls have not heeded the warning that the evil one, like a lion, prowls around seeking those he can devour. They do their own will, not God's Will, until death; then are horrified to enter the 'lion's mouth', which is the evil one's 'embrace'.