“Identification [with the other] is difficult but precious. It involves doing violence to yourself. Yet Scripture says that "heaven is taken by violence" to oneself [Luke 16:16]. To identify oneself with the other is to love him beyond words, a total giving of oneself in truth.”
“I go to my past in order to discern the future.”
Catherine Doherty
“To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.”
Catherine Doherty
“Lord, give bread to the hungry, and hunger for you to those who have bread.”
Catherine Doherty
“Pain is the kiss of Christ.”
Catherine Doherty
“The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you. You may not have Christ in a homeless person at your door, but you may have a little child. If ...”
Catherine Doherty
