Spiritual Quote of the Day (St. Catherine of Siena, on Sin, ‘Always Produced Against the Neighbor’)

“See now, that, in all places and in all kinds of people, sin is always produced against the neighbor, and through his medium; in no other way could sin ever be committed either secret or open. A secret sin is when you deprive your neighbor of that which you ought to give him; an open sin is where you perform positive acts of sin, as I have related to you. It is, therefore, indeed the truth that every sin done against Me, is done through the medium of the neighbor."—Italian mystic and Doctor of the Church St. Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin Catherine of Siena, translated by Algar Thorold (1370)

The image of St. Catherine of Siena that accompanies this post was created by Italian painter and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770).