“Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.” MenLongDifficultSinForgivenessRemainsGuiltCommittedPerilPenancePenitence Book:The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa Source: The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
“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
“And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me! The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we, on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.” MenShouldSaidEndsEvilSinSeeingPleaseGoodnessInfiniteCommunicateExcuseDeeperContraryCeaseObligationCertaintyGrievingSinnerPardonCondemnationLead In Author:Catherine of Genoa
“Know for a certainty that if men understood how terrible is even one solitary sin, they would rather be cast into a heated furnace, and there remain, living both in soul and body, than to support such a sight. And if the sea were all fire they would cast themselves therein and never leave it, if they were certain of meeting the sin on doing so.” IfsKnowsMenSoulBodyCertainSufferingSinSupportFireSeaTerribleUnderstoodSightMeetingsCastsCertaintySolitaryFurnacesSoul And Body Author:Catherine of Genoa
“This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him; that is, when the soul is found in mortal sin, at that time, it is so monstrous and horrible to behold, that it is impossible to imagine anything equally so.” KnowsMenSoulMightOrderFoundSinImagineImpossibleHorribleMortalsMonstrousMortal Sin Book:The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa Source: The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
