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No-one is denied mercy who asks for it. But one who will not open to love's rays of light is not able to accept mercy.

The best mediator for men in trouble is another man. The very best is the God-man, Jesus Christ: He surpasses all others by His Divine Love, combined with His human cry from the depths of the pit which is human estrangement and suffering.

Contrition is the 'key' by which our soul is unfailingly made 'open' to receive God's graces. True contrition is not grovelling self-pity but sincere regret-for-sin combined with confidence that God loves, forgives, and can make us holy and joyful.

With His Holy Angels, Christ watches admiringly as we pray; He hides His love as he helps us to grow in faith.

God's love for us is like a vast body of water, hidden because of our frailty; the sight of His love might crush us.

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.

Held in Christ's embrace, the soul turns towards the Father above, united in the Spirit's love, and welcomed. The whole Trinity is at work in the soul.

Held in Christ's embrace, the soul turns towards the Father above, united in the Spirit's love, and welcomed. The whole Trinity is at work in the soul.

The amazing love of God for the soul is described in the Song of Songs: "His left hand under her head, he embraced her..."

The amazing love of God for the soul is described in the Song of Songs: "His left hand under her head, he embraced her..."

The amazing love of God for the soul is described in the Song of Songs: "His left hand under her head, he embraced her..."

When the 'vessel' which is the heart wholly opens to God's will, it is purified. His divine life and love and wisdom are poured in.

Christ showed me that in my present suffering I am as if lying in the Father's arms, tenderly carried.

By every honest confession, and every new admission of sin and failure, we remove the veils which hide God's glory.

Christ looks with contentment on the life of one who is reconciled, who is like an unblemished fruit.

It is when we have been close to Christ, and so are ablaze with His love, that we can hope to 'set fire' to other souls.

A person who prays to God with a sincere heart, offering Christ's prayer and Christ's saving work, is making his own Christ's love and Sacrifice; and thus he 'inserts' himself into the life of the Holy Trinity, as a diver enters an ever-flowing and powerful river.

The suffering Saviour stands, with outstretched arms, to shelter repentant people; and the Father looks lovingly from Heaven, upon His Son.

Whoever trusts in God can 'see' himself not as drowning in God's holiness, rather as being carried on an ocean of compassion.