Catherine of Siena on light
Catherine of Siena80 quotes“It is only through shadows that one comes to know 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.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Out of darkness is born the light.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Obedient people never trust in themselves.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena One who knows more, loves more.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We trust and believe in what we love.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena We’ve had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
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