Ungrateful people…
Ungrateful people are not patient.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Misunderstanding God’s true nature…
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.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
The love of the Creator…
For it is the nature of love, to love when it feels itself loved, and to love all things loved of its beloved. So when the soul has by degrees known the love of its Creator towards it, it loves Him, and, loving Him, loves all things whatsoever that God loves.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
God came to live among us…
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.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Humble yourselves…
Humble yourselves… We cannot pass through the low door with our head held high unless we want to crack it. And the door we have to pass through is Christ crucified, who humbled himself down to the level of us witless fools.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Of course you are unworthy…
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.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
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