The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors. St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes by St. Catherine of Siena More Quotes From St. Catherine of Siena It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves. St. Catherine of Siena feels You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer, counseling him with words, and assisting him both spiritually and temporally, according to the need in which he may be, at least with your goodwill if you have nothing else. St. Catherine of Siena prayerlove-youneeds Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always. St. Catherine of Siena daughterspiritualfaith It is human to sin, but diabolic to persist in sin. St. Catherine of Siena persistsinhumans Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there. St. Catherine of Siena nailsenoughmen Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God. St. Catherine of Siena christiansweetlove Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him. St. Catherine of Siena coursesworthyends To join two things together there must be nothing between them or there cannot be a perfect fusion. Now realize that this is how God wants our soul to be, without any selfish love of ourselves or of others in between, just as God loves us without anything in between. St. Catherine of Siena selfishperfecttwo The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God. St. Catherine of Siena devilfireheart Consider your possessions loaned to you by God. St. Catherine of Siena possession The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary. St. Catherine of Siena wallheartspring Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things! St. Catherine of Siena little-thingswantlittles There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience. St. Catherine of Siena saintgivingmen There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God. St. Catherine of Siena wantdesire When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is false. On your lips let silence abide. And any vice that you may ascribe to others, ascribe at once to them and yourself, in true humility. If that vice really exists in a person, he will correct himself better, seeing himself so gently understood, and will say of his own accord the thing that you would have said to him. St. Catherine of Siena silencehumilitysides Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind. St. Catherine of Siena christianlovemen Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself. St. Catherine of Siena take-melordgiving Out of darkness is born the light. St. Catherine of Siena bornlightdarkness We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us. St. Catherine of Siena givenwould-beway God is more ready to pardon that we have been to sin. St. Catherine of Siena pardonreadysin
