People become like what they love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAEverything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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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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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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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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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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The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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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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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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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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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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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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Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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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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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
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