Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
St. Catherine of SienaEternal 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.
St. Catherine of SienaIt is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
St. Catherine of SienaGod cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.
St. Catherine of SienaWherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My only-begotten Son, may be administered to you.
St. Catherine of Siena