"If you are what you ought to be, you will set fire to all Italy, and not only yonder. (Letter 368 to Stefano Maconi)"
— Catherine of Siena

January 1, 1970

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Original Italian: Se sarete quello che dovete essere, metterete fuoco in tutta Italia, non tanto costì. (Lettera 368 a Stefano Maconi) — Variant versions: — If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire! — If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze! As quoted by Pope John Paul II in | an address to the Regnum Christi Movement and the Legionaries of Christ (4 January 2001) — Also as quoted by Pope John Paul II in | The Closing Homily at World Youth Da