Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENAA soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else’s good.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
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It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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