What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
CATHERINE OF SIENAIt is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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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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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
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Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
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Obedience shows whether you are grateful.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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Consider God’s charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?
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All the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.
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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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