| St.
Catherine of Siena: QUOTATIONS "O Eternal God, receive the sacrifice of my life in this Mystical Body of Holy Church. I have naught to give save what Thou hast given me." -----Prayer of St. Catherine "It
is not
the hour to seek one's self for one's self, nor to flee pains in order
to possess consolations; nay, it is the hour to lose one's self." "I
turn me and lean against the most Holy Cross of Christ Crucified, and
there I will fasten me." -----Letters of St. Catherine "To
the servant of God ... every place is the right place, and every time
is the right time. "I
shall
give thee such speech and wisdom that no one shall be able to resist. I
shall bring thee before Pontiffs and the rulers of the Church." "I
have no
other desire in this life save to see the honor of God, your peace, and
the reformation of Holy Church, and to see the life of grace in every
creature that hath reason in itself." St. Catherine of Siena Eucharistic Quotes: "O eternal Trinity, You are a deep sea in which the more I seek the more I find, and the more I find, the more I seek to know You. You fill us insatiably, because the soul, before the abyss which You are, is always famished; and hungering for You, O eternal Trinity, it desires to behold truth in Your light. As the thirsty hart pants after the fount of living water, so does my soul long to leave this gloomy body and see You as You are, in truth. "O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself? You are an ever-burning Fire; You consume and are not consumed. By Your fire, You consume every trace of self-love in the soul. You are a Fire which drives away all coldness and illumines minds with its light, and with this light You have made known Your truth. Truly this light is a sea which feeds the soul until it is all immersed in You, O peaceful Sea, eternal Trinity! The water of this sea is never turbid; it never causes fear, but gives knowledge of the truth. This water is transparent and discloses hidden things; and a living faith gives such abundance of light that the soul almost attains to certitude in what it believes. "You are the supreme and infinite Good, good above all good; good which is joyful, incomprehensible, inestimable; beauty exceeding all other beauty; wisdom surpassing all wisdom, because You are Wisdom itself. Food of angels, giving Yourself with fire of love to men! You are the garment which covers our nakedness; You feed us, hungry as we are, with Your sweetness, because You are all sweetness, with no bitterness. Clothe me, O eternal Trinity, clothe me with Yourself, so that I may pass this mortal life in true obedience and in the light of the most holy faith with which You have inebriated my soul." -----St. Catherine of Siena "Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist," -----St. Catherine of Siena "O Trinity, eternal Trinity!
Fire, abyss of love ... -----St. Catherine of Siena From the writings of St. Catherine of Siena on the Blessed Sacrament: "O loving, tender Word of God, You tell me: 'I have marked the path and opened the gate with My Blood; do not be negligent in following it, but take the same road which I, eternal Truth, have traced out with My Blood.' Arise, my soul, and follow your Redeemer, for no one can go to the Father but by Him. O sweet Christ, Christ-Love, You are the way, and the door through which we must enter in order to reach the Father." "O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself?" "O You who are mad about Your creature! true God and true Man, You have left Yourself wholly to us, as food, so that we will not fall through weariness during our pilgrimage in this life, but will be fortified by You, celestial nourishment." -----St. Catherine of Siena |
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