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St. Catherine of Siena
The Dialogue of Saint Catherine
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A TREATISE OF OBEDIENCE
Here both the misery of the disobedient and the excellence of the obedient are spoken of.
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Here
both
the
misery
of
the
disobedient
and
the
excellence
of
the
obedient
are
spoken
of
.
"
All
this
,
dearest
daughter
,
has
been
done
by
My
goodness
and
providence
as
I
have
told
you
,
for
by
My
providence
the
Word
repaired
the
key
of
obedience
,
but
worldly
men
devoid
of
every
virtue
do
the
contrary
;
they
,
like
unbridled
horses
,
without
the
bit
of
obedience
,
go
from
bad
to
worse
,
from
sin
to
sin
,
from
misery
to
misery
,
from
darkness
to
darkness
,
from
death
to
death
,
until
they
finally
reach
the
edge
of
the
ditch
of
death
,
gnawed
by
the
worm
of
their
conscience
,
and
though
it
is
true
that
they
can
obey
the
precepts
of
the
law
if
they
will
,
and
have
the
time
repenting
of
their
disobedience
,
it
is
very
hard
for
them
to
do
so
,
on
account
of
their
long
habit
of
sin
.
Therefore
let
no
man
trust
to
this
,
putting
off
his
finding
of
the
key
of
obedience
to
the
moment
of
his
death
,
for
although
everyone
may
and
should
hope
as
long
as
he
has
life
,
he
should
not
put
such
trust
in
this
hope
as
to
delay
repentance
.
What
is
the
reason
of
all
this
,
and
of
such
blindness
that
prevents
them
recognizing
this
treasure
?
The
cloud
of
self-love
and
wretched
pride
,
through
which
they
abandoned
obedience
,
and
fell
into
disobedience
.
Being
disobedient
they
are
impatient
,
as
has
been
said
,
and
in
their
impatience
endure
intolerable
pain
,
for
it
has
seduced
them
from
the
way
of
Truth
,
leading
them
along
a
way
of
lies
,
making
them
slaves
and
friends
of
the
devils
with
whom
,
unless
indeed
they
amend
themselves
with
patience
,
they
will
go
to
the
eternal
torments
.
Contrariwise
,
My
beloved
sons
,
obedient
and
observers
of
the
law
,
rejoice
and
exult
in
My
eternal
vision
with
the
Immaculate
and
humble
Lamb
,
the
Maker
,
Fulfiller
,
and
Giver
of
this
law
of
obedience
.
Observing
this
law
in
this
life
they
taste
peace
without
any
disturbance
,
they
receive
and
clothe
themselves
in
the
most
perfect
peace
,
for
there
they
possess
every
good
without
any
evil
,
safety
without
any
fear
,
riches
without
any
poverty
,
satiety
without
disgust
,
hunger
without
pain
,
light
without
darkness
,
one
supreme
infinite
good
,
shared
by
all
those
who
taste
it
truly
.
What
has
placed
them
in
so
blessed
a
state
?
The
blood
of
the
Lamb
,
by
virtue
of
which
the
key
of
obedience
has
lost
its
rust
,
so
that
,
by
the
virtue
of
the
blood
,
it
has
been
able
to
unlock
the
door
.
Oh
!
fools
and
madmen
,
delay
no
longer
to
come
out
of
the
mud
of
impurity
,
for
you
seem
like
pigs
to
wallow
in
the
mire
of
your
own
lust
.
Abandon
the
injustice
,
murders
,
hatreds
,
rancors
,
detractions
,
murmurings
,
false
judgments
,
and
cruelty
,
with
which
you
use
your
neighbors
,
your
thefts
and
treacheries
,
and
the
disordinate
pleasures
and
delights
of
the
world
;
cut
off
the
horns
of
pride
,
by
which
amputation
you
will
extinguish
the
hatred
which
is
in
your
heart
against
your
neighbors
.
Compare
the
injuries
which
you
do
to
Me
and
to
your
neighbor
with
those
done
to
you
,
and
you
will
see
that
those
done
to
you
are
but
trifles
.
You
will
see
that
remaining
in
hatred
you
injure
Me
by
transgressing
My
precept
,
and
you
also
injure
the
object
of
your
hate
,
for
you
deprive
him
of
your
love
,
whereas
you
have
been
commanded
to
love
Me
above
everything
,
and
your
neighbor
as
yourself
.
No
gloss
has
been
put
upon
these
words
as
if
it
should
have
been
said
,
if
your
neighbor
injures
you
do
not
love
him
;
but
they
are
to
be
taken
naturally
and
simply
,
as
they
were
said
to
you
by
My
Truth
,
who
Himself
literally
observed
this
rule
.
Literally
also
should
you
observe
it
,
and
if
you
do
not
you
will
injure
your
own
soul
,
depriving
it
of
the
life
of
grace
.
Take
,
oh
!
take
,
then
,
the
key
of
obedience
with
the
light
of
faith
,
walk
no
longer
in
such
darkness
or
cold
,
but
observe
obedience
in
the
fire
of
love
,
so
that
you
may
taste
eternal
life
together
with
the
other
observers
of
the
law
."
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