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Someone who speaks about Mount Everest is worth believing if we know that he has followed the right path. Someone who speaks about God and Heaven is worth believing if he or she has evidently followed the right path: by faith in Christ, love for God and neighbour, self-denial in order to do God's Will, and the surrender of selfish ambitions.

We need to trust in Christ in all difficulties, and value His Will and His opinion above all. We allow His light to shine powerfully from our lives when we have removed all 'obstacles'.

So good is Christ our Lord, that he shows His gratitude when we have made special efforts to do His Will.

The Lord lifts some people 'high' in prayer, to see the glory of Heaven. By His Will, He causes them to reflect some of the glory back to others on earth, through their witness, as if they are a mirror.

Christ asks His friends to entrust themselves to His care and to His plans - just as if each of us were to step into a car, at Christ's invitation, to let Him drive us wherever He pleases. Christ asks us to accept His Will for us, whatever it may bring.

Some parents arrange to have their children killed before birth, which is against the Will of God Who creates us all and Who alone gives life.

When someone is patient is suffering, forgives enemies, looks with compassion on those who act unjustly, and comforts people in need, then other people see - as if through an open door - a glimpse of another Kingdom, a way of life which is Christ's Kingdom and Christ's Way.

Christ is delighted if someone loves to receive Him in the Blessed Sacrament, loves to visit Him at the Tabernacle, loves to do His Will, and loves to tell others the good news about Him.

The Kingdom of Heaven, where God reigns in glory, extends as far as Earth: to each place, or each soul, where God's Will is done. Wherever people believe what is taught by Christ and His Church, and out of love for Christ put his teachings into practice, in truth, justice, love, purity and holiness, the Kingdom is made present. All are invited to enter.

A person who approaches God in prayer with an open heart, accepting God's Will in everyday life, receives a torrent of grace to water her soul, and to pour out to refresh others. A soul closed to God becomes like a desert, and can do no good for others.

A person who approaches God in prayer with an open heart, accepting God's Will in everyday life, receives a torrent of grace to water her soul, and to pour out to refresh others. A soul closed to God becomes like a desert, and can do no good for others.

If we looked, with God's eyes, all around the globe, we would learn that few people on this earth truly desire, more than anything, to do God's will, determined to love Him and their neighbour.

If we put our trust in Christ our Saviour, even in difficulties, it's as if we are speeding ahead on a clear road to holiness. If we try to do our own will, not God's, we are bound to make unwise decisions, steer badly, get into trouble, and even damage other lives.

Through Baptism, a person is brought into a special relationship with Christ. He becomes an adopted child of God, with a greater knowledge of God's wishes, greater confidence in prayer, and greater 'security', through being an heir to Heaven.

Sometimes our trials do not go away quickly. We can picture ourselves as like a log, carried along by the current, even if it sometimes bumps into the river-bank, or seems to make little progress.

Whoever is willing to abandon prayer to attend to a needy neighbour is, as she reaches out to help, reaching out to Christ, who looks on with love and gratitude. The greatest love for God is shown in doing His Will, whether in prayer or service.

Someone who wants to prepare for Heaven should simply do the Will of God, for love of God - whether it is by labouring, teaching, serving, or praying; or simply offering up her sufferings in sickness, with Jesus, to help souls.

People who say they love God but who refuse to do His will are as if 'hiding' away from His sight, in a dark pit. As long as they stay 'hidden', they are not yet walking on the bridge to Heaven, the 'bridge' made by Christ across the Abyss.

Those who strive for perfect union with God strive to know His Will, to love it, to desire the same good ends, to love what God loves, and to be one with Him in everything. It's as if what at first appeared to be a row of separate buildings are actually joined together, perfectly aligned, so that there is movement from one part into the other, at the top, with perfect ease.

Governments offend God when they fail to protect and help their people, or when they attack people making legitimate protests, or when they live in unbridled luxury while their people starve, or when they pass corrupt laws, or are unjust in the distribution of goods.