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May Quotes by St. Catherine of Siena

6 May quotes by St. Catherine of Siena

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Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too strong, kicks against the spirit, penance takes the rod of discipline, and fast, and the cilice of many buds, and mighty vigils; and places burdens enough on the flesh, that it may be more subdued. But…

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Wherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of…

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You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer, counseling him…

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From self-knowledge flows the stream of humility, which never seizes on mere report, nor takes offense at anything, but bears every insult,…

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When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is…

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He has never left you.It is justthat your soul is so vastthat just likethe earth in its innocence,it may think,"I do not…

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avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.

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Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.

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The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.

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too great pity is the greatest cruelty.

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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!

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The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish.

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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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There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.

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