Search Page

Truly, Christ our God is Present before us, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity: Present in glory at every Mass to pray to the Father on our behalf. He is the Living Bread, come down from Heaven, for the life of our souls. On the feast of 'The Body and Blood of Christ', we pay Him special honour.

By representations, in our sanctuaries, of Heavenly realities, people find it easier to pray: hearts and minds are raised to God.

It's as though, when we intercede for someone in need, Christ lets down a rope from Heaven, to draw a willing soul up high.

God is as pure as fire. He is active, holy, powerful and bright. It is he who lifts up a soul who has placed herself before him. Those tendrils of flame no longer burn, but act as 'touches' of sweetness in a divine embrace.

The Lord showed me that He sent out an arrow of faith, at my prayerful request, to someone in danger of spiritual death.

A prayer for someone far from God can help them be drawn out of the abyss of sin, by God's grace, if they are willing to respond

Helping our Neighbour: Each of us should do what we can, in our circumstances, to alleviate the sufferings of other people, both by practical help, sensible planning and prayer - remembering our duty to those nearest to us.

In private prayer we can arise in spirit to be united with the Communion of Saints in Heaven in praise of the Father, through Christ; and we can draw down grace, through Christ, upon a needy person.

In private prayer we can arise in spirit to be united with the Communion of Saints in Heaven in praise of the Father, through Christ; and we can draw down grace, through Christ, upon a needy person.

When someone prays in rapt attention to God, and is even lifted 'high' by Him in contemplation, it's as if she holds aside a curtain which had shut out the light of Heaven. She has made it possible - by God's grace - for His graces to pour down upon earth upon other people.

It is the Holy Spirit Who pours peace within the souls of Christ's friends, and even allows such souls to share that peace, even at a distance, through their communion with one another 'in Christ'. They can encourage one another to more fervent prayer - as when happy dolphins nudge one another, to encourage joyful leaps into the sunlight above the surface of the water.

Christ unites his friends on earth in the 'Communion of Saints'. Every prayer offered through Christ touches or helps other souls.

When two people pray in the name of Christ, even if separated by distance, they are united in the communion of saints

Someone who adores Christ in the Mass and longs to do His work can remain in spirit beside the Cross all day, with Calvary's offering in mind - making at each moment, with Christ, expressions of love to the Father, thanks for everything good, reparation for sins (patiently accepting trials), prayers for help and salvation for individuals, and prayer for the Church.

Whoever adores Christ at Mass, and wants to remain with Him in spirit all day, can offer praise and thanks through Him to the Father all day, at work, as well as reparation for sin, and prayers for the needy

As a monk labours, by prayer, example, teaching and kindness, to care for and educate children, he is helping to build them into a series of temples of the Holy Spirit.

People are helped by our intercessions for them in prayer as surely as a desperate person caught in a quicksand is helped by friends who winch him to safety from a helicopter.

Prayer can be like a meeting of members of a happy, united family who sit together, after a busy day, in companionable silence.

Whoever pauses in His work, to pray - alone or in shared prayer - can glance towards Heaven, where Christ reigns with the Saints in glory.

True friends in Christ can help to draw one another closer to God's heart. Even at a distance of many miles, some souls can soar 'upwards' to God, together, by God's Will and power. God has shown each when the other is praying, and then enables each to help the other.