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For the next three years Catherine remained cloistered in a small room in her father’s house, living a life of austerity, solitude and silence, withdrawing into the “inner cell” of the knowledge of God and self, as she described her communion with the Lord. She had many visions and conversations with [[Jesus]], culminating in the spiritual marriage with Christ. During that time Catherine received Jesus’ teaching “I, nothing; God, All. I, nonbeing; God, Being.” This fundamental truth inspired in her the humility and the conviction that enabled her to confront the forces threatening the Church and society in the turbulent fourteenth century. | For the next three years Catherine remained cloistered in a small room in her father’s house, living a life of austerity, solitude and silence, withdrawing into the “inner cell” of the knowledge of God and self, as she described her communion with the Lord. She had many visions and conversations with [[Jesus]], culminating in the spiritual marriage with Christ. During that time Catherine received Jesus’ teaching “I, nothing; God, All. I, nonbeing; God, Being.” This fundamental truth inspired in her the humility and the conviction that enabled her to confront the forces threatening the Church and society in the turbulent fourteenth century. | ||
[[File:1018px-Giovanni di Paolo The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena.jpg|thumb|The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena, Giovanni di Paolo (c. 1460 or earlier)]] | [[File:1018px-Giovanni di Paolo The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena.jpg|thumb|upright|The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena, Giovanni di Paolo (c. 1460 or earlier)]] | ||
== Defending the Church == | == Defending the Church == | ||
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In the Dialogue, the Father taught: when “the will of the soul unites itself with me in a most perfect and burning love” the soul “is another me, made so by the union of love.”<ref>Harvey Egan, ''An Anthology of Christian Mysticism'' (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, Pueblo Book, 1991), p. 361.</ref> “You will know me in yourself,” he told her, “and from this knowledge you will draw all that you need.”<ref>Mary Ann Fatula, ''Catherine of Siena’s Way'', rev. ed. (Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1989), p. 80.</ref> | In the Dialogue, the Father taught: when “the will of the soul unites itself with me in a most perfect and burning love” the soul “is another me, made so by the union of love.”<ref>Harvey Egan, ''An Anthology of Christian Mysticism'' (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, Pueblo Book, 1991), p. 361.</ref> “You will know me in yourself,” he told her, “and from this knowledge you will draw all that you need.”<ref>Mary Ann Fatula, ''Catherine of Siena’s Way'', rev. ed. (Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1989), p. 80.</ref> | ||
[[File:Domenico Beccafumi 071.jpg|thumb|Catherine of Siena receiving the stigmata, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi]] | [[File:Domenico Beccafumi 071.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Catherine of Siena receiving the stigmata, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi]] | ||
== The path of the mystic == | == The path of the mystic == | ||