Some quotes of Dominican Saints on humiltity and obedience...

"Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.

If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God. "

— St. Thomas Aquinas

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”He that is truly obedient does not wait for a command, but as soon as he knows what his superior wishes to have done immediately sets himself to work, without expecting an order.”


-Saint Albert the Great, Doctor of the Church


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”All that is done by obedience is meritorious . . . It is obedience, which, by the light of Faith, puts self-will to death, and causes the obedient man to despise his own will and throw himself into the arms of his superior ... Placed in the bark of obedience, he passes happily through the stormy sea of this life, in peace of soul and tranquility of heart. Obedience and faith disperse darkness; he is strong because he has no longer any weakness or fears, for self-will, which is the cause of inordinate fear and weakness, has been destroyed.”

-Saint Catherine of Siena

”Oh! how sweet and glorious is the virtue of obedience, by which all other virtues exist, because it is the offspring of charity! On it is founded the rock of faith; it is a queen, whom he that espouses is rich in every kind of good and whom no evil can assail.”

-Saint Catherine of Siena



"Obedient people never trust in themselves."  Letter T201


"We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us." Letter T340


"We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble."  Letter T84.


 "The disobedient are always wanting to know the why and wherefore of what is ordered."  Letter T86


 "Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you."  Dialogue 100.

"The obedient have no desire to obey in their own way, to choose the time and the place; they would rather follow the rule and their superiors." Dialogue 159. 

 "Obedience shows whether you are grateful." Dialogue 163.

 "Obedience and her sister patience show whether the soul is in truth clothed in the wedding garment of charity." Dialogue 163.

-Saint Catherine of Siena

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