I On Moderation
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, Catherine, your poor unworthy mother, want you to attain that perfection for which God has chosen you. It appears to me that if someone desired this perfection, she would always proceed with moderation, and never without it. Every work would be done both with moderation and without it, for the proper way to love God is without moderation, without limit, measure, or rule. Love for him should be without measure. If you desire perfect love, that desire must also organize your life. Your ďŹ rst rule should be to turn from every human conversation that is only conversation, unless charity demands differently. Love
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