“You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.” MenGivingWellsPoliticsFailingOughtOfficeRefuseOffenseWeary Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“O fire of love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness, and to have recreated us in grace through the Blood of Your Son, without giving Yourself wholly to us as our Food, O God, Divine Essence? What impelled You to do this? Your charity alone.” GivingEnoughFireGraceBloodDivineSonEssenceCharityYour SonGiving YourselfFire Of Love Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” WorldGivingPassionFireCatholicSaintGenerosityMaking A DifferenceCatholicismCatholic Saint Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“You [God] are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth and I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you give yourself to man in this fire of your love” KnowsMenGivingMindLightCausesFireAngelSacramentsColdness Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist” GivingSoulFatherLordHungryGod LoveSacramentsEucharist Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself?” GivingOceanEternalGive MeDepthSacramentsDeitiesUnfathomableDeep Ocean Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“O Trinity, eternal Trinity! Fire, abyss of love... Was it necessary that you should give Even the Holy Trinity as food for souls?... You gave us not only your Word Through the Redemption and in the Eucharist, But you also gave yourself In the fullness of love for your creature.” GivingShouldSoulFireHolyCreaturesEternalRedemptionSacramentsAbyssFullnessEucharistTrinityHoly TrinityFood For The Soul Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being.” GivingInspirationFaithFireGreaterMysterySeaEternalGive MeSelfishChristian InspirationalBurningConsumedTrinitySelfish Love Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.” MenGivingSinHellSaintThis LifeImpatience Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from His sight. O Father, have pity on us because we are blind and in darkness. Drive out the darkness and give me light. Melt the ice of my self-love and kindle in me the fire of Your charity.” GivingSoulSelfLightFatherDarknessFireSelf LoveSightGive MeBlindCharitySaintPityIceMy SoulKindles Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.” GivingBelieveSalvationPermit Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue nor merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.” GivingShouldDoeSoulReasonBodyLightWould BeEvilCasesVirtueGreaterJudgingPerfectionMeritStayingExcessDiscretionPenanceAlone In Love Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Lord, take me from myself and give me to yourself.” GivingLordGive MeTake Me Author:St. Catherine of Siena
