Mercy and Love

(St. Catherine of Siena - found here)

“Out of mercy You have washed us in Your Blood, out of mercy You have wished to converse with creatures. O crazed with love! It did not suffice for You to take flesh, but You also wished to die! O mercy! My heart drowns in thinking of You: for no matter where I turn to think, I find only mercy.”


“Dear Lord, it seems that You are so madly in love with Your creatures that You could not live without us. So You created us; and then, when we turned away from You, You redeemed us. Yet You are God, and so have no need of us. Your greatness is made no greater by our creation; Your power is made no stronger by our redemption. You have no duty to care for us, no debt to repay us. It is love, and love alone, which moves You.”

~St. Catherine of Siena