God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
CATHERINE OF SIENAGod is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin.
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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Every step of the way to heaven is heaven.
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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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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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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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Since love for our Creator cannot be sustained unless we love others for God’s sake.
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The human heart is always drawn by love.
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And let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
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Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.
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God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
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It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
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We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
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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.
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Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
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Obedient people never trust in themselves.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.
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The devil never sleeps.
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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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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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Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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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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