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When a soul gives up its personal ambitions, for the love of Christ, Christ gives to it the robe it will wear as it walks towards the Father.
The soul which loves Christ draws along others on its train, as it pursues its task, in the baptismal priesthood of all who love and obey Christ.
Kneeling on a hillside in Galilee, Jesus praised God and thanked Him for His Holy Mother, and for Her love and prayers.
Kneeling on a hillside in Galilee, Jesus praised God and thanked Him for His Holy Mother, and for Her love and prayers.
The one who truly loves Christ should be truly like Him: as a mirror-image of Christ, for others, reproducing Christ's care and concern.
One who is grateful for the sun is grateful for its heat and light, so the one who loves God ought also to love God's will.
After the 'doorway' of our death, Christ invites the one who loves Him to step out, and cross the abyss, confident of being carried.
The 'circle' of prayer into which we are drawn is like this: the invisible Father sends His Spirit to urge us to pray. Through the Holy Spirit, we praise Christ, Present here, and, with Him, offer His praise to the Father!
Every good prayer, every act of faith in God and His goodness, is like a cry from a 'soldier': 'Our hero - Christ - is worth dying for!'
In the heart of one who truly loves God, little weaknesses are like a 'muddy area' through which new shoots of grace emerge.
A true disciple stays close to Christ, learns from Him, and is confident of Christ's love even when Christ seems to be distant.
Christ shares His Divine Life with each communicant; and He builds 'bridges' between those who love Him.
Christ showed me the world, 'beneath' the Holy Trinity, and asked: "How many people are truly loving us at this moment?
Some turn their backs and ignore the work which Christ does for their salvation; they demonstrate their indifference to His Sacrifice.
One who tries to serve 'two masters', to serve God and man without conflict, is forced, eventually, to choose His destination.
From the Cross, Christ saw the ways He would be betrayed in every future generation. Yet He also saw all those who would love Him.
She who seeks only to please Christ Her Lord is a fitting bride for Christ: chosen and worthy.
A washing machine's interior is kept bright and shining through the movement of the clothes in it, in frequent washes. In the same way, a soul's 'interior' is kept bright and clean when active in good works, for love of Christ. By good works, prayer and penance we purify our souls and increase the inner splendour given to us by Christ.
By patient endurance - out of love for Christ - we can resemble Him, and also be lifted up and glorified.
Where a married couple really love one another, and love God, they want to do His Will. He wants them to be faithful to one another, and to refuse to use sinful means of seeking pleasure or avoiding conception. They can be sure, by their faithfulness to God's Will (even if this means abstinence, pain or heartache) that they offer an unmarred expression of love to their Creator and also to one another.
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