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God is at work even when we are physically frail - He can slowly 'detach' us from life, as a backing fabric is slowly removed from a piece of tape, to prepare us for Heaven.

It is essential that we put Christ at the centre of our lives. If we do not pray, do not listen to the Church, and do not obey God's laws as taught by the Church, we shall not be prepared for Heaven when the time comes to die.

It was as though Christ and our Lady were together at the world's edge, as He died to save sinners from the abyss.

Christ is the only way to Heaven, a way made through His Death, Resurrection and Ascension

This is the heart of the Catholic Faith: that Christ died to save us; and that this same saving Sacrifice is re-presented and offered here at the Mass in sacramental form.

There is little remaining purification after death for a faithful priest. It is as if he is clothed, after death, in a crisp white alb, as the angels prepare him to meet his Lord.

A life slowly trickles away, by God's plan, like a rivulet which flows not towards a ditch but a great river, which is God's life in eternity

We celebrate our 'Forty Martyrs': Yet Christ is the greatest of martyrs. By a word, He could have saved Himself.

People who die whilst praying (like those who died praying the Rosary on the Titanic) are marching along a road which seems to lead to darkness; yet it's as if, by their prayer, each person carries a flaming torch on high which lights up the sure way to Heaven - even if the Way leads first through the Ocean.

We have a choice: to climb the mountain of holiness before we die, and go through the 'curtain' at death straight to Heaven, by God's grace; or to make great efforts, or half-hearted efforts, then finish the ascent in Purgatory; or we can choose to give up the climb, and to fall away, and to abandon the hope of reaching Heaven after death.

In the spiritual life, all who cease climbing, and choose to stay where they are, still have to complete the climb after death, if they would enter Heaven.

In the spiritual life, all who cease climbing, and choose to stay where they are, still have to complete the climb after death, if they would enter Heaven.

God 'is' our salvation. If we remain 'enclosed' in His life and live in a fruitful union, until death, we shall enter His glory.

In God's sight, little babies who die - before birth or after; of natural causes or abortion - are like shooting stars which flare briefly and then fall from the sky. These lives sparkled briefly before tumbling into God's care, as if into a father's arms; yet much prayer is necessary, to halt the evil of abortion by which some people do a grave wrong to the babies, and to their own souls.

In God's sight, little babies who die - before birth or after; of natural causes or abortion - are like shooting stars which flare briefly and then fall from the sky. These lives sparkled briefly before tumbling into God's care, as if into a father's arms; yet much prayer is necessary, to halt the evil of abortion by which some people do a grave wrong to the babies, and to their own souls.

In God's sight, little babies who die - before birth or after; of natural causes or abortion - are like shooting stars which flare briefly and then fall from the sky. These lives sparkled briefly before tumbling into God's care, as if into a father's arms; yet much prayer is necessary, to halt the evil of abortion by which some people do a grave wrong to the babies, and to their own souls.

The unrepentant, if they die in gave sin, shall find themselves swept away from the Father's sight as if by a tidal wave.

The unrepentant, if they die in gave sin, shall find themselves swept away from the Father's sight as if by a tidal wave.

Declining health can be seen not as a descent - but rather a 'flight' with Christ, above former occupations, soaring towards Heaven.

Declining health can be seen not as a descent - but rather a 'flight' with Christ, above former occupations, soaring towards Heaven.