The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
CATHERINE OF SIENASince love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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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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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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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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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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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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A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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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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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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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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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.
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