God 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 SienaTo a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.
St. Catherine of SienaIt is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
St. Catherine of SienaEven if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.
St. Catherine of Siena