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.
CATHERINE OF SIENAPerfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!
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Love does not stay idle.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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Out of darkness is born the light.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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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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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
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The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.
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Love transforms one into what one loves.
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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.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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