Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will. St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes by St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes From St. Catherine of Siena Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. St. Catherine of Siena generositypassionfire Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything. St. Catherine of Siena lightdarknessbrave You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love. St. Catherine of Siena love 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. St. Catherine of Siena finding-yourselfletting-gomean Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world. St. Catherine of Siena voicesilenceworld 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. St. Catherine of Siena freedomhairpositive A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love. St. Catherine of Siena soullove It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light. St. Catherine of Siena shadowlightknows To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time. St. Catherine of Siena servant-of-godinspirationfaith Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring. St. Catherine of Siena endureperseverancesuccess Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope. St. Catherine of Siena honorfatherlying We are of such value to God that He came to live among us... and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love. St. Catherine of Siena loving-godhis-lovehome We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that the world is rotten because of silence. St. Catherine of Siena rottencatholicsilence God is closer to us than water is to a fish. St. Catherine of Siena fisheswater Strange that so much suffering is caused because of the misunderstandings of God's true nature. God's heart is more gentle than the Virgin's first kiss upon the Christ. And God's forgiveness to all, to any thought or act, is more certain than our own being. St. Catherine of Siena kissingsufferingheart You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation. St. Catherine of Siena salvationgivingbelieve Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue. St. Catherine of Siena vicesrootsfacts And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross. St. Catherine of Siena fightingenemyjesus O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from His sight. O Father, have pity on us because we are blind and in darkness. Drive out the darkness and give me light. Melt the ice of my self-love and kindle in me the fire of Your charity. St. Catherine of Siena lightfirefather Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear. St. Catherine of Siena freedom-of-speechtelling-the-truthfear
