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.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWe’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.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Love does not stay idle.
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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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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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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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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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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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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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It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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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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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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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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