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 SIENALove does not stay idle.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
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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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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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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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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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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.
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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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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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