“Since I am determined to join myself to God, I find that I am also bound to be the enemy of his enemies. And since I find nothing that is more his enemy than the self that is me, I… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him; that is,… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Know for a certainty that if men understood how terrible is even one solitary sin, they would rather be cast into a heated furnace,… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, nor feels nor hears nor understands; neither… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness. — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
“Since I am determined to join myself to God, I find that I am also bound to be the enemy of his enemies. And… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing,… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Any time spent before the Eucharistic presence, be it long or short, is the best-spent time of our lives. — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
My "me" is God nor do I recognize any other "me" except my God himself. — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
The one sole thing in myself in which I glory is that I see in myself nothing in which I can glory. — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
