Prayer is a…
Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
God’s generosity, goodness, and love…
Let popes, pastors, and everyone else blush for shame at our foolishness and pride and self-indulgence, when we see such generosity, goodness, and boundless love on our Creator’s part! He showed himself to us in our own humanity as a tree laden with sweet mellow fruit, so that we wild trees might be able to engraft ourselves onto him.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Capable of growth…
When the soul has arrived at the attainment of the general light [contemplation]… she should not remain contented, because, as long as you are pilgrims in this life, you are capable of growth, and he who does not go forward, by that very fact, is turning back.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Every place and time…
To the servant of God every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Charity is the bond…
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Correct sinfulness…
Now how can those who do not know their own sinfulness recognize and correct it in others? They are neither able nor willing to go against themselves.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
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