Why God Doesn’t Show You His Love Immediately | Saint Catherine of Siena

Why God Doesn’t Show You His Love Immediately | Saint Catherine of Siena

Have you ever prayed sincerely and felt nothing in return?
Have you ever wondered why God seems silent precisely when your heart is most open?
And have you ever asked yourself why His love, though promised, is not always felt immediately?

This question troubled many souls long before us — and Saint Catherine of Siena addressed it with striking clarity and spiritual depth.

Saint Catherine of Siena once said:God does not delay His love because He is distant — He delays the feeling of it because He is forming the soul.

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Saint Catherine of Siena teaches that God’s love is never absent — but it is often hidden. Not withheld as punishment. Not delayed out of indifference. But concealed with intention. According to her, God sometimes removes the sense of His love so that the soul may grow beyond emotion and learn to love Him in truth.

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