Friday, October 14 : Saint Catherine of Siena

[Saint Catherine heard God say to her:] “Know that no one can escape my hands, for I am who I am (Ex 3:14), whereas you have no being at all of yourselves. What being you have is my doing; I am the Creator of everything that has any share in being. But sin is not of my making, for sin is non-being. Sin is unworthy of any love, then, because it has no part in me. Therefore, my creatures offend me when they love sin, which they should not love. (…) But they cannot escape me: Either I will have them in justice because of their sin, or I will have them in mercy. Open the eye of your understanding, then, and look at my hand, and you will see that what I have told you is true.” So, in obedience to the most high Father, she raised her eyes, and she saw within his closed fist the entire world. And God said: “My daughter, see now and know that no one can be taken away from me.ls Everyone is here as I said, either in justice or in mercy. They are mine; I created them, and I love them ineffably. And so, in spite of their wickedness, I will be merciful to them because of my ser­vants, and I will grant what you have asked of me with such love and sorrow. (…) Then that soul was beside her­self as if drunk, at once gloriously happy and grief-stricken. She was happy in her union with God, wholly submerged in his mercy and savoring his vast goodness; but to see such goodness offended brought her grief.
Roman Catholic Ordinary Calendar – rosary,team

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