Sunday, February 27 : Saint Catherine of Siena

We should know this truth in two chief ways-although it befits us to know it in everything-that is, everything which exists should love itself in God and through God, who is Truth itself, and there is nothing without Him; otherwise it would escape from truth and would walk in falsehood, following the devil, who is the father thereof. I was saying that we ought to recognize truth especially in two ways. The first is, we should recognize the truth about God. He loves us unspeakably, and loved us before we were; nay, by love He created us-this was and is the truth-in order that we might have life eternal and enjoy His highest eternal good. What shows us that this is truly so ? The Blood, shed for us with such fire of love. (…) In the sweet Blood of the Word, the Son of God, we shall know the truth of His doctrine, which gives life and light, scattering every shadow of fleshly love and human self-indulgence, but knowing and following with pure heart the doctrine of Christ crucified, which is grounded in the truth. The second and last way is, that we ought to recognize the truth about our neighbor, whether he be great or humble, subject or lord. That is, when we see that men are doing some deed in which we might invite our neighbor to join, we ought to perceive whether it is grounded in truth or not, and what foundation he has who is impelled to do this deed. He who does not do this acts as one mad and blind, grounded in falsehood, and shows that he has no truth in himself and therefore does not seek the truth. Sometimes it happens that people are so insane and brutal that they see themselves lose through such a deed the life of soul and body and their temporal possessions; and they do not care for they are blinded and do not know what they ought to know; they walk in darkness (…).

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