• “But the misfortune is that people wish to direct God instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him. We wish to take the lead, and to follow in a way of their own selection instead of submissively and passively following where God sees fit to conduct them. And hence it is, that many souls who are called to the enjoyment of God himself and mot merely to the gifts of God, spend all their lives in pursuing and in feeding on little consolations.” – Madame Guyon

St Catherine

How the desire of this soul grew when God showed her the neediness of the world. by Catherine of Siena

This desire was great and continuous, but grew much more, when the First Truth showed her the neediness of the… Continue reading

Excerpt from ‘Dialogo’ Part 2 by St Catherine

CHAPTER I

Of a new love which God poured into her heart, by which he drew her Spirit to himself.—The… Continue reading

Autobiography of St. Catherine

Of the parents and ancestors of the blessed Catherine, and how at eight years of age she began to do… Continue reading

  • “Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily, stone upon stone, day by day, to do what You say. Establish my heart where floods have no power to overwhelm, for Christ’s sake. Amen.” – Elisabeth Elliot

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but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” — 1 Peter 1:15-16 (NKJV)

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