God is closer to us than water is to a fish.
CATHERINE OF SIENAGod is closer to us than water is to a fish.
CATHERINE OF SIENAAll the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
CATHERINE OF SIENANothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
CATHERINE OF SIENADo not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
CATHERINE OF SIENAYou are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
CATHERINE OF SIENAAnd let the truth be your delight proclaim it, but with a certain congeniality.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWe’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
CATHERINE OF SIENAMake yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”
CATHERINE OF SIENAThe devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWe will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.
CATHERINE OF SIENAOf 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.
CATHERINE OF SIENAEvery evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
CATHERINE OF SIENAIt is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin.
CATHERINE OF SIENAConsider 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?
CATHERINE OF SIENACharity 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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