We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
CATHERINE OF SIENAHow many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.
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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.
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You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.
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Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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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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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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What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.
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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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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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