Every step of the way to heaven is heaven. St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes by St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes From St. Catherine of Siena O Trinity, eternal Trinity! Fire, abyss of love... Was it necessary that you should give Even the Holy Trinity as food for souls?... You gave us not only your Word Through the Redemption and in the Eucharist, But you also gave yourself In the fullness of love for your creature. St. Catherine of Siena soul fire giving The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration. St. Catherine of Siena admiration impression love-is Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will. St. Catherine of Siena self-esteem perfection doe Let us enter into the house of knowledge of ourselves. St. Catherine of Siena house We trust and believe in what we love. St. Catherine of Siena trust-and-believe believe There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor. St. Catherine of Siena fruit perfect mean How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies. St. Catherine of Siena pain revenge enemy O fire of love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness, and to have recreated us in grace through the Blood of Your Son, without giving Yourself wholly to us as our Food, O God, Divine Essence? What impelled You to do this? Your charity alone. St. Catherine of Siena fire-of-love essence son 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 if the body is weak, fallen into illness, the rule of discretion does not approve of such a method. St. Catherine of Siena discipline attachment strong Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist St. Catherine of Siena soul giving father 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? St. Catherine of Siena offended has-beens charity Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches. St. Catherine of Siena honesty wisdom integrity The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically. St. Catherine of Siena tongue women devil Christ Jesus left you this sweet key of obedience; for He left His Vicar, whom you are all obliged to obey until death. And whoever is outside his obedience is in a state of damnation. St. Catherine of Siena keys sweet jesus The devil never sleeps. St. Catherine of Siena never-sleep devil sleep We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble. St. Catherine of Siena obedient be-humble humble It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors. St. Catherine of Siena god law impossible For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity. St. Catherine of Siena obedience charity humility This my goodness does to endow the souls of the just more fully with spiritual riches when for my love they are stripped of material goods because they have renounced the world and all its pleasures and even their own will. These are the ones who fatten their souls, enlarging them in the abyss of my charity. Then I become their spiritual provider. The Holy Spirit becomes their servant. St. Catherine of Siena inspiration spiritual faith 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 the humble and immaculate Lamb, My only-begotten Son, may be administered to you. St. Catherine of Siena greatness humble son
