Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
CATHERINE OF SIENANails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.
CATHERINE OF SIENAOne who knows more, loves more.
CATHERINE OF SIENAMerit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWhat 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.
CATHERINE OF SIENATo a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
CATHERINE OF SIENAOh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAYou must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
CATHERINE OF SIENAEverything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
CATHERINE OF SIENALord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
CATHERINE OF SIENAThere is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
CATHERINE OF SIENAFor there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
CATHERINE OF SIENAAll the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
CATHERINE OF SIENAIt is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.
CATHERINE OF SIENAPonder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
CATHERINE OF SIENALove transforms one into what one loves.
CATHERINE OF SIENABe who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
CATHERINE OF SIENA