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 SIENANails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist
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Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.
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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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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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Love does not stay idle.
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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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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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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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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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We trust and believe in what we love.
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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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