Friday, April 29, 2005
Hurrah! The Feast of St. Catherine of Siena!
I am very excited for this particular feast. I mean, granted it has been an awesome week for feast days, I really like St. Catherine of Siena. She is one of those saints that you can read a little blurb about their life at random places and learn something new each time. I have been working on her "Dialogue" for quite some time now - never spending too much time on it at any one time just because it requires a lot of thought and prayer, and for the most part, that is tough to come by. I really hope to enjoy it this summer - perhaps it will be my spiritual reading during my daily holy hour. :)
As for St. Catherine of Siena, I think she is tremendous. I love that she came from a very large family. I love that she was so filled with love for God that she could concentrate on nothing else. I love that she is a Dominican saint. And what's really cool - I've seen her (well, sort of) in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome! Hurrah. As Sister Catherine Marie would say, "She is a very big sister to us". Precisely. St. Catherine of Siena, teach me to have zeal for God and for souls as you did, in following in the footsteps of St. Dominic who would urge the brethren to "have zeal for souls, my sons".
Saint Catherine of Siena, pray for us.
Pax et veritas.
I heart Dominican feast days. :)
I am very excited for this particular feast. I mean, granted it has been an awesome week for feast days, I really like St. Catherine of Siena. She is one of those saints that you can read a little blurb about their life at random places and learn something new each time. I have been working on her "Dialogue" for quite some time now - never spending too much time on it at any one time just because it requires a lot of thought and prayer, and for the most part, that is tough to come by. I really hope to enjoy it this summer - perhaps it will be my spiritual reading during my daily holy hour. :)
As for St. Catherine of Siena, I think she is tremendous. I love that she came from a very large family. I love that she was so filled with love for God that she could concentrate on nothing else. I love that she is a Dominican saint. And what's really cool - I've seen her (well, sort of) in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome! Hurrah. As Sister Catherine Marie would say, "She is a very big sister to us". Precisely. St. Catherine of Siena, teach me to have zeal for God and for souls as you did, in following in the footsteps of St. Dominic who would urge the brethren to "have zeal for souls, my sons".
Saint Catherine of Siena, pray for us.
Pax et veritas.
I heart Dominican feast days. :)
