Jesus Speaks Not Only to St. Catherine of Siena But To Us
This is the feast day of the great Dominican Saint, Lay Dominican, Doctor of the Catholic Church, and mystic, St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). Many have heard of Dialogue of Divine Providence,
Here is an excerpt that should provide you with sufficient food for contemplation:
Jesus to St. Catherine of Siena:
"I require that you
should love Me with the same love with which I love you. This indeed you cannot
do, because I loved you without being loved. All the love which you have for Me
you owe to Me, so that it is not of grace that you love Me, but because you
ought to do so, while I love you of grace, and not because I owe you my love.
Therefore to Me, in person you cannot repay the love which I require of you,
and I have placed you in the midst of your fellows, that you may do to them
that which you cannot do to Me, that is to say, that you may love your neighbor
of free grace, without expecting any return from him, and what you do to him, I
count as done to Me."