Oh, Love! let me remain thus, that I may be submissive; for otherwise it
would be impossible that I should not do something wrong. Oh, how good
and admirable is the knowledge of a soul, which, being all protected,
united, and transformed in God, her felicity, sees clearly, on one side,
her own inclination to all that is evil, and on the other, how she is
restrained by God, that she may not commit actual sin! One thing is
certain; namely, that never is the soul so perfect that it does not need
the continual help of God, even though it be transformed in him. It is
true, that the nature of the sweet God is such, that he never allows
these souls to fall, although the soul, left to herself, could fall if
she were not thus restrained. But he only preserves those who never with
their free will consent unto sin; and allows those to fall who do
voluntarily yield assent thereto; for truly, having given us free will,
he will not force it. Consequently, those who fall into sin do so by
their own fault, and not by that of God, who is ever ready to aid the
soul even after her fall, if she will allow herself to be aided, and
will correspond to the divine grace which never ceases to call her,
saying: "Turn from evil and do good, and be converted to me with your
whole heart."'
St. Catherine of Genoa
Psalms 118:10
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
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