Catherine Doherty Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty (2000). “Moments of Grace: From the Writings of Catherine Doherty”, Combermere, Ont. : Madonna House Publications
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“We need to be poor! Let us live an ordinary life, but, beloved, let us live it with a passionate love for God. Become a mystery. Stretch one hand out to God, the other to your neighbour. Be cruciform. … Christ’s cross will be our revolution and it will be a revolution of love!”
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“Preach the Gospel with your life — without compromise!”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Mary Achterhoff (1992). “Grace in every season: through the year with Catherine Doherty : daily reflections”, Servant Pubns
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“With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.”
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“Faith sees God's face in every human face.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Mary Achterhoff (1992). “Grace in every season: through the year with Catherine Doherty : daily reflections”, Servant Pubns
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“She who received the seed of eternal glory Now dispenses grace, the seed of glory-to-come. My womb was the chalice of the impenetration of God That became the Incarnation of God and man”
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“Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces every one of us at one time or another.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Mary Achterhoff (1992). “Grace in every season: through the year with Catherine Doherty : daily reflections”, Servant Pubns
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“A saint is a sinner who loves; it's that simple!”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Attributed to Catherine Doherty in "Inflamed by Love" by Jean Fox, 2002.
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“We do not go to mission lands to 'bring Jesus Christ' as much as to uncover him where he already is.”
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“What binds us together is love, and only love. For love is a Person. Love is God.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Sobornost". Book by Catherine Doherty, 1977.
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“Faith walks simply, childlike, between the darkness of human life and the hope of what is to come.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty (2009). “Catherine de Hueck Doherty: Essential Writings”
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“Purity of heart is love for the weak who constantly fall.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Poustinia" by Catherine Doherty, (Ch. 5), 1975.
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“Faith brings into our lives such freedom, such love, such peace, and such joy that there are no words in any language that can explain it. You have to have it in order to know it. You have to experience it in order to understand it. Faith liberates. It liberates love and hope. If I am free to love and free to hope, what more do I want of life?”
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“We do not have to wait for the hereafter - it is now that we are one with Christ.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Love One Another". Book by Catherine Doherty, 2002.
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“It is so important for us to have faith, trust, confidence in one another. It is the only way we can communicate. Without faith there is no communication, there is no love, or if there was a little love, it will die without hope, trust, and confidence. Even if it doesn't die right away, it will be so weak, so ill, and so tired that communication will be miserable as well.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Poustinia" by Catherine Doherty, (Ch. 12), 1975.
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“Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.”
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“God reveals himself to those who wait for that revelation, and who don't try to tear at the hem of a mystery, forcing disclosure.”
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“Love... love... love, never counting the cost.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Mary Achterhoff (1992). “Grace in every season: through the year with Catherine Doherty : daily reflections”, Servant Pubns
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“To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.”
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“Real zeal is standing still and letting God be a bonfire in you.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Poustinia" by Catherine Doherty, (Ch. 5), 1975.
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“Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult.”
-- Catherine DohertySource : "Molchanie: The Silence of God". Book by Catherine Doherty, 1982.
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“Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence.”
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“What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.”
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“Every meal should be prepared with love and eaten in peace, because its purpose is to strengthen us for the service of Love.”
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