Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENANails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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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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Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
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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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How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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Love does not stay idle.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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One who knows more, loves more.
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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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