I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that something may intervene between God and me; and that is what pure and simple love, by reason of its purity and simplicity, is unable to endure. This purity and simplicity is as great as God is, for it is his own


Ch. XVIII - Life and Doctrine

Catherine of Genoa Quotes

I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that...

I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that...

I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that...

I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that...