Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself. CATHERINE OF SIENA DevotionMyselfReligiousYourself
It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil. CATHERINE OF SIENA DevilHumanPerseveranceSin
What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave! CATHERINE OF SIENA DeathFatherGave UpHimselfSlave
There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience. CATHERINE OF SIENA AngryHellLifePatienceSinWrong
He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely. CATHERINE OF SIENA ImaginationLeavingLoseWayYourself
Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will. CATHERINE OF SIENA BodyKillOurselvesPerfection
It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors. CATHERINE OF SIENA ForeverImpossibleLawYourself
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God. CATHERINE OF SIENA CharityCreationGodManSoulSweet
The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish. CATHERINE OF SIENA GodSeaSoul
To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both. CATHERINE OF SIENA BadBraveGoodnessHimselfMan
Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue. CATHERINE OF SIENA FactGodPlantRootViceVirtueYourself
There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God. CATHERINE OF SIENA DesireGodReligious
Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind. CATHERINE OF SIENA GoalGodLoveManMindset
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. CATHERINE OF SIENA BodyChangeFaceGodLoveYourself
Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself. CATHERINE OF SIENA HimselfLoveWorld
A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love. CATHERINE OF SIENA CreationLiveSoul
The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration. CATHERINE OF SIENA AdmireOneselfPurityStrong
Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. CATHERINE OF SIENA Be YourselfFireGodInspirationalSelf LoveWorld
Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring. CATHERINE OF SIENA AchievementEnduranceGreatness
You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great! CATHERINE OF SIENA GodGreatnessSmallYourself
We’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 SIENA DeepGodThinkingWay
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? CATHERINE OF SIENA CharityGodHimselfLifeOffendPaySee
All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way. CATHERINE OF SIENA DestinationHeavenJourneyMyselfReligiousWay
