Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAProclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Love does not stay idle.
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Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.
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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
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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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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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