Every evil and suffering…
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Be not satisfied…
Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Light does not diminish….
If you have a light, and the whole world should come to you in order to take light from it—the light itself does not diminish—and yet each person has it all. It is true that everyone participates more or less in this light, according to the substance into which each one receives the fire…. Each one carries his own candle, that is the holy desire, with which he receives this Sacrament.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380
Totally ablaze with…
I long to see you so totally ablaze with loving fire that you become one with gentle First truth. Truly the soul’s being united with and transformed into him is like fire consuming the dampness in logs. Once the logs are heated through and through, the fire burns and changes them into itself, giving them its own color and warmth and power.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Proclaim the truth…
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
None without a cross…
No one can pass through this life without a cross.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
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