"Love does not stay
idle."
- St Catherine of Siena, Letter
T82
Institution of the
Eucharist ~ Barocci
O boundless charity!
Just as you gave us yourself,
wholly God and wholly man,
so you left us all of Yourself as food
so that while we are pilgrims in this life
we might not collapse in our weariness
but be strengthened by You, heavenly food.
wholly God and wholly man,
so you left us all of Yourself as food
so that while we are pilgrims in this life
we might not collapse in our weariness
but be strengthened by You, heavenly food.
O mercenary
people!
And what has your God left you?
He has left you Himself,
wholly God and wholly man,
hidden under the whiteness of this bread.
He has left you Himself,
wholly God and wholly man,
hidden under the whiteness of this bread.
O fire of love!
Was it not enough to gift us
with creation in your image and likeness,
and to create us anew to grace in your Son's blood,
without giving us Yourself as food,
the whole of divine being,
the whole of God?
with creation in your image and likeness,
and to create us anew to grace in your Son's blood,
without giving us Yourself as food,
the whole of divine being,
the whole of God?
What drove You?
Nothing but Your charity,
mad with love as You are!
St Catherine of
Siena
Doctor of the
Church
Reformer, mystic,
writer
Third Order
Dominican
Incorrupt
FEAST DAY - April 29
“Be who God
meant you to be and
you will set the world on fire.” ~
St. Catherine of Siena
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