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By the Father's will, foreknowledge, plan, consent and justice, Christ suffered and died, and leaped up to His Father, drawing us in His wake.
By the Father's will, foreknowledge, plan, consent and justice, Christ suffered and died, and leaped up to His Father, drawing us in His wake.
How much the departed souls are in need of our prayers. Some are closer to the light; others are suspended over the depths.
Once, a departed soul was clinging to the top of a fiery pit; only the prayers of devout persons (like spears flung beneath him) saved him from falling into Hell.
Once, Christ swiftly embraced a departed soul after its purification, lifting it - like a newborn baby just delivered - high towards Heaven.
A departed soul (a good person) emerged from a thin cocoon of self-love, and was all the while speeding towards Heaven's glory.
When Christ died for us, to take away our sins, the angels hid their faces in horror
Begging help for a departed soul, I saw our Blessed Lady hold out Her hands, leaning over the 'edge' of Heaven, drawing him up to glory.
Christ came into the world, offering His entire life to His Father, from infancy to death. In the Mass, that same Christ-child, at Christmas, offered Himself and His life to the Father, for the Father's glory. Christ gave glory to God at every moment of His earthly existence, and still offers praise to Him from our midst today.
In the journey through dying and death (as through a bright corridor) the naked soul trusts in the Holy Spirit within.
After the 'doorway' of our death, Christ invites the one who loves Him to step out, and cross the abyss, confident of being carried.
Departed souls who have been faithful yet who now undergo purification, are yet at peace, suffering gladly, to be worthy of God.
Faithful priests who enter Heaven receive a tremendous greeting and are honoured as 'other Christs' after their work on earth
Faithful priests who enter Heaven receive a tremendous greeting and are honoured as 'other Christs' after their work on earth
What end awaits a human life which is sinful, lacking Divine Life, existing far from God? It falls, like a husk, a fruitless thing.
A 'Ribbon' representing our Life touches and enters the 'sphere' of the Godhead. Our entire life's value, purpose and outcome can only be seen clearly when seen "in God", either in prayer or after death. Outside God is darkness.
This was the reason for Christ's parting from friends at His Last Supper, for His torment and His dying - the reason was sin.
When we offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a parting appears in the 'fabric' of time and we 'touch' the moment of Christ's death on Calvary
When we offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a parting appears in the 'fabric' of time and we 'touch' the moment of Christ's death on Calvary
One who chooses to ignore Christ is turning His back on the bleeding figure who suffered death for our sins.
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