The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena


What is it? A book which St. Catherine dictated while she was in ecstasy over the course of 5 days and 5 nights. In it are recorded verbatim the words spoken to her by God the Father. In this marvellous book:
...every well-known form of Christian life, healthy or parasitic, is treated of, detailed, analysed incisively, remorselessly, and then subsumed under the general conception of God's infinite loving-kindness and mercy... In the Dialogo we have a great saint, one of the most extraordinary women who every lived, treating, in a manner so simple and familiar as at times to become almost colloquial, of the elements of practical Christianity. Passages occur frequently of lofty eloquence, and also of such literary perfection that this book is held by critics to be one of the classics of the age and land which produced Boccaccio and Petrarch. (Algar Thorold, Introduction).
Treatise on Divine Providence

The Dialogue is divided into four sections. The first is the Treatise on Divine Providence. Here's a summary and reflection on this treatise.
At the beginning of the spiritual life, we have to come to know ourselves — which means facing up to all our weaknesses, faults and sins. At the same time, we need to come to acknowledge that everything that is good — both within us and externally — is a gift from God.

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