"Merit consists in the virtue of love alone,……" — St. Catherine of Siena
"Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing."
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St. Catherine of Siena
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65 Quotes by St. Catherine of Siena
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You [God] are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to…
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Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist
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To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
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You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer,…
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You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
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Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
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O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself?
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O You who are mad about Your creature! true God and true Man, You have left Yourself wholly to us,…
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O Trinity, eternal Trinity! Fire, abyss of love... Was it necessary that you should give Even the Holy Trinity as…
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which…
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And let the truth be your delight...Proclaim it..., but with a certain congeniality.
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Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For…
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