Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

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St Catherine of Siena's Dialogue describes the entire spiritual life through a series of conversations between God and the soul, represented by Catherine herself. Readers of The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena, will find her revelations from God as informative - and formative - as those who recognized her sanctity during her life. The universally applicable yet intimately personal messages she received from God are as much for us as they were for Catherine. We can read God's communications to his beloved daughter with detached awe or we can receive His messages to us through her writings. Do you long for certainty that Divine Providence exists in the midst of our chaotic world? Does your prayer seem too dry, or too routine? Have you sought guidance for the challenges of your life from unhelpful people or things? Or has pride kept you from humble obedience to the Church? If so, The Dialogue will provide consolation, encouragement, and hope.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Catholic Church

Informations

• Publié par: TAN Books
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 1991
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780895559692
• Langue: English

Extrait

Nihil Obstat:
Joseph Wilhelm, S.T.D.,
Censor Deputatus.
Imprimatur:
Gulielmus, Episcopus Aridelensis,
Vicarius Generalis
Westmonasterii,
die 13 Dec., 1906

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TAN Books is an imprint of Saint Benedict Press, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Originally published in 1907 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, London. Photographically reproduced and republished by TAN Books and Publishers in 1974. Retypeset and republished by TAN in 2008. Republished in 2010 by Saint Benedict Press, TAN Books.
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Cover Image: The Ecstasy of St. Catherine by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609); photo © 1997 by Mauro Magliani; Alinari/Art Resource, NY.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
A TREATISE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
A TREATISE OF DISCRETION
A TREATISE OF PRAYER
A TREATISE OF OBEDIENCE
TRANSIT OF THE SAINT
A Collection of Classic Artwork
Catholic Prayers
- Part One -
BELOVED PRAYERS
The Sign of the Cross
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
The Apostles Creed
The Act of Faith
The Act of Hope
The Act of Charity
The Act of Contrition
The Confiteor
The Hail, Holy Queen
The Memorare
Prayer After the Rosary
Prayer to St. Michael The Archangel
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Come, Holy Ghost
Morning Offering
Angel of God
Another Morning Offering
Grace Before Meals
Grace After Meals
Eternal Rest Grant
The Angelus
The Regina Coeli
O Sacrament Most Holy
Jesus, Mary and Joseph
O My Jesus
Sacrifice Prayer
- Part Two -
POWERFUL PRAYERS
The Golden Arrow
Powerful Prayer To The Infant Jesus
Powerful Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus-A Favorite of Padre Pio
Pour Forth Thy Grace
Novena Prayer to Our Lady of Good Remedy
Memorare to St. Joseph
Prayer to St. Joseph to Obtain a Special Favor
Prayer to St. Joseph In a Difficult Problem
An Ancient Prayer to St. Joseph
Prayer to St. Anne
Prayer to St. Jude
Prayer to St. Anthony of Padua
Miraculous Prayer to The Little Flower of Jesus
Novena Prayer to St. Philomena
Prayer to St. Rita
Prayer to St. Martin de Porres
Prayer of St. Gertrude The Great
Prayer to All the Angels For a Special Favor
Prayers in Honor of the Seven Sorrows Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Prayer to St. Expeditus
A Most Efficacious Prayer To Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
- Part Three -
FAVORITE PRAYERS
A Daily Consecration To the Holy Spirit
Dedication Prayer of St. Colette
A Morning Offering
A Prayer of St. Ignatius Loyola
An Act of Oblation
Prayer to Mary, Mistress of the Angels
Indulgenced Prayer to Mary, Mother of Good Counsel
Blessed Be the Hour
A Short Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
Salutations to Mary
Novena of Confidence To the Sacred Heart
Offering of St. Ignatius Loyola
Memorare to Our Lady of The Sacred Heart
Prayer to One s Patron Saint
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Prayer to Christ The King
An Act of Consecration of the Human Race to The Sacred Heart of Jesus
An Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Magnificat
The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary
Prayer to St. Joseph
Litany of St. Joseph
The Te Deum
Morning Prayers
An Act of Faith in the Presence of God
An Act of Adoration and Thanksgiving
An Act of Faith
An Act of Hope
An Act of Charity
An Act of Contrition, With Good Resolutions
To Our Guardian Angel
Evening Prayers
Anima Christi
The Divine Praises
Prayer Before a Crucifix
The Five Fatima Prayers
The Pardon Prayer
The Angel s Prayer
Blessed Sacrament Prayer
Sacrifice Prayer
O My Jesus
How to Pray the Rosary
The Mysteries of the Rosary
Prayer after the Rosary
- Part Four -
SPECIAL PRAYERS
Prayer for the Seven Gifts Of the Holy Ghost
Prayer for Direction in the Choice of a State of Life
A Prayer for Priests
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe For the Conversion of the Americas And of the World
A Morning Offering
Novena Rose Prayer
Prayer to Our Lady of Mental Peace
Night Prayer for Daily Neglects
Prayer for Detachment From Earthly Goods
Prayer to St. Joseph for Purity
Prayer to St. Aloysius for Purity
Prayer to Overcome Sloth And Lukewarmness
Prayer to Overcome Bad Habits
Prayer to Overcome a Vice
Prayer Against Evil Thoughts
A Prayer for Grace
Prayer to St. Joseph for a Happy Death
Acceptance of Death
Prayer for Those in Their Agony
Prayer to Our Lord on The Cross for a Happy Hour of Death
Prayer for a Deceased Person
Prayer for the Poor Souls
A Prayer for the Dead
A Prayer for Our Dear Departed
Prayer to St. Peregrine
Prayer to St. Gerard for Motherhood
Prayer to St. Gerard for a Mother with Child
Prayer to St. Gerard in Thanksgiving for a Safe Delivery
Prayer in Honor of St. Dymphna, Patroness of Those with Mental And Nervous Disorders
Novena Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague for a Special Favor
Prayer of a Sick Person for Health of Body and Soul
Prayer in Time of Sickness
Prayer to St. Maria Goretti for Purity and Holiness
A Child s Prayer through the Intercession of St. John Bosco
Prayer to St. Anthony Mary Claret
Prayer to St. Raphael The Archangel for a Cure
Prayer to St. Raphael For the Wise Choice of a Marriage Partner
Prayer to St. Raphael For Purity
Prayer to Our Sorrowful Mother for a Favor
Prayer for a Person Who is Seriously Ill
Novena Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help
A Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help for the Conversion of a Sinner
Deliver Us From Evil
PREFACE
W HY should you read The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena ? Because God speaks through this great Saint to you, and me, and His whole Church. Remarkable though she was, Saint Catherine merely served as a vessel for the Lord’s message. In this spiritual classic, God’s message covers four topics: Divine Providence, Discretion, Prayer, and Obedience. Each of these treatises contains instruction and inspiration for your daily life as they did for Catherine and her contemporaries.
Born in 1347 as the second youngest of 25 children, Caterina Benincasa was an extraordinary woman that God blessed with extraordinary experiences. Christ, Mary, angels, and saints appeared to her from the time she was six; the Pope heeded her requests and returned home to Rome from Avignon; Christ gave her His stigmata; and God the Father spoke to her as a dear friend.
One reason The Dialogue is applicable to you is because you have the fortunate yet challenging experience of living in the current culture. While we have more tangible blessings, more freedoms, and more opportunities to search for truth, we are also besieged with a moral murkiness that seems to worsen with every generation.
Catherine’s Treatise of Divine Providence can remind you that God is alive and well in this world, awaiting an invitation into your life, into your family’s life, into the life of anyone who forgets that God is omnipresent—not only present to all things, but present in all things, as a creator is present in his greatest work. God’s greatest work is not the creation of man, but the creation of God-made-man, Jesus of Nazareth, who brought from Heaven an infinite mercy upon a fallen people. And thus, the Lord explains that His Providence is most recognizable in the mercy poured upon us. His mercy is so great that if you “carry yourselves with true patience, with grief for your sins, and with love of virtue for the glory and praise of My Name … I shall not remember that you ever offended Me.” Only an infinite God can make our gravest sins as if they never existed.
The Saint’s Treatise of Discretion can be a guiding light in a darkening world, where objective truth is shunned and relativism is promoted as the moral law. We live in an age where every choice is to be respected, where intolerance is the most grievous of sins, and where our children are taught to condone every act of their friends because it might be “right for them .” This treatise on discretion teaches, however, that moral virtue should be our guiding principle in all we do—and there is never an exception.
Our Lord said to Catherine, “if one single sin were committed to save the whole world from Hell, or to obtain one great virtue, the motive would not be a rightly ordered or discreet love, but rather indiscreet.” The great Catholic mind of John Henry Cardinal Newman made a similar declaration in his Apologia : “The Catholic Church holds it better for the sun and moon to drop from heaven, for the earth to fail, and for all the many millions on it to die of starvation in extremest agony … than that one soul … should be lost … should commit one single venial sin, should tell one willful untruth, or should steal one poor farthing without excuse.” It is the virtue of discretion that can assist the human mind in understanding that morality never grants the slightest compromise.
But it is the same virtue that simultaneously dictates that a soul “should love her neighbor with such devotion that she would lay down a thousand times, if it were possible, the life of her body for the salvation of souls, enduring pains and torments so that her neighbor may have the life of grace.” It is discretion that shows that a bodily sacrifice, as Christ’s very own, is the perfect sign of love. Perhaps for us this means selflessly attending to the family by cooki