Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
CATHERINE OF SIENAPerfection 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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God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
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Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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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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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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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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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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