“Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is entirely repugnant to true beatitude. And on this account we are forced to submit to God this depraved nature of ours which fills our understanding with so many occupations, and causes us to deviate from the true path, in order that he may entirely consume it until nothing remains there but himself; otherwise the soul could never attain stability nor repose, for she was created for no other end.” MenMaySoulEndsOrderCausesUnderstandingPathAccountsRemainsPossessionOccupationStabilitySubmitReposeDepravedDeviate Book:The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa Source: The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
“When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, nor feels nor hears nor understands; neither has she of herself the feeling of outward or inward, where she may move. And in all things it is God who rules and guides her, without the meditation of any creature.... And she is so full of peace that thought she pressed her flesh, her nerves, her bones, no other thing come forth from them than peace.” FeelsMaySoulFeelingsMovingSpeakPeaceMeditationCreaturesAll ThingsBonesGuidesFleshNervesTransformedInward Author:Catherine of Genoa
