Catherine of Siena Quotes

Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)

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Saint Catherine of Siena (March 25, 1347 – April 29, 1380) was a Dominican Tertiary (lay affiliate) of the Dominican Order.

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Alternative Names: Catherine de Sienne • Caterina van Siena • Santa Caterina di Siena • Saint Catherine of Siena • Chaterina da Siena • Caterina da Siena • Catharina Senensis • Katharina von Siena • Chatarina da Siena • Caterina Benincasa • Catalina de Siena • Catherine of Sienna • Catharine of Sienna

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say, you are all obliged to help one another by word and doctrine, and the example of good works, and in every other respect in which your neighbor may be seen to be in need; counseling him exactly as you would yourselves,

See then how He returns, not in actual flesh and blood, but, as I have said, building the road of His doctrine, with His power, which road cannot be destroyed or taken away from him who wishes to follow it, because it is firm and stable, and proceeds from Me, who am immovable.

If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire!

The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.

Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.

Be strong and kill yourself with the sword of hate and love, then you will not hear the insults and abuse which the enemies of the Church throw at you. Your eyes will not see anything which seems impossible, or the sufferings which may follow, but only the light of faith, and in that light everything is possible; and remember God never lays greater burdens on us than we can bear.

It is surely justice to share our natural gifts with those who share our nature.

Suffering and sorrow increase in proportion to love: When love grows, so does sorrow.

"All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, "I am the way.

St. Catherine of Genoa's life combined the noblest forms of Christian service with the highest levels of contemplative prayer. May her life and her doctrine help us, too, to live out our Christian discipleship, inspired by the love of God she taught and exemplified.

Remain with Him in thy chamber, for thou shalt not elsewhere find so great peace.

Oh, let us lose our milk teeth and cut instead the strong teeth of hate and love.

I had not been able to show, by finite things, because My love was infinite, how much more love I had, I wished you to see the secret of the Heart,

Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world. (quoted in )

believe no happiness can be found worthy to be compared with that of a soul in Purgatory except that of the saints in Paradise. And day by day this happiness grows as God flows into these souls, more and more as the hindrance to His entrance is consumed. Sin's rust is the hindrance, and the fire burns the rust away so that more and more the soul opens itself up to the divine inflowing.