![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. She was one of the first two women to be named a Doctor of the Church, and her Dialogues are considered a masterpiece of Christian mystical literature that ranks with the writings of St. Catherine of Siena is one of two patron saints of Italy, along with St. With this light the souls in the state of union love me, because love follows the intellect, and the more it knows the more it can love.” (from the book) “This I have told you my sweetest daughter, that you might know the perfection of this union producing state, when the eye of the intellect is ravished by the fire of my charity, in which it receives supernatural light. Catherine of Siena dictated The Dialogue. 'Eternal greatness You made yourself low and small to make mankind great.' While in an ecstatic trance, St. These “little talks” have motivated Christians for centuries to unite a life of prayer with a life of action. : Little Talks with God (Paperback): Language: English. Catherine’s brilliant insights into the nature of the spiritual life provide us with a means whereby our own eager quest for God’s love and truth can be folded into the many and busy pathways of our lives. In this intense and searching work, she offers up petitions to God, filling her conversation with instruction on discernment, true and false spiritual emotion, obedience and truth, and revealing her famous image of Christ as the Bridge. ![]()
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