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St. Catherine of Sienna, Doctor of the Church, pray for us.

Monday the 29th of April is the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena. How perfect of the Lord to arrange it so that here feast should fall in the middle of this nightmare for the Church in America.

St. Catherine was God's gift to the Church in a time of trouble and schism, and this thread is for celebrating the deeds she did for love of Jesus Christ and to share the beauty of her writings.

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[Nubbin]

Thanks for the ping.

"You are flowers who shed no perfume, but stench that makes the whole world reek." 2

There are perhaps some american Cardinals that need to hear this?

Dear Lord, please raise up a St. Catherine for us!

[nickcarraway]

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[Salvation]

From CatholicOnline -- Saints and Angels Doctor of the Church 1347-1380 Feastday: April 29 Patroness of Italy The 25th child of a wool dyer in northern Italy, St. Catherine started having mystical experiences when she was only 6, seeing guardian angels as clearly as the people they protected. She became a Dominican tertiary when she was 16, and continued to have visions of Christ, Mary, and the saints. St. Catherine was one of the most brilliant theological minds of her day, although she never had any formal education. She persuaded the Pope to go back to Rome from Avignon, in 1377, and when she died she was endeavoring to heal the Great Western Schism. In 1375 Our Lord give her the Stigmata, which was visible only after her death. Her spiritual director was Blessed Raymond of Capua. St, Catherine's letters, and a treatise called "a dialogue" are considered among the most brilliant writings in the history of the Catholic Church. She died when she was only 33, and her body was found incorrupt in 1430. ©1998

[Mike Fieschko]

Monday the 29th of April is the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena. How perfect of the Lord to arrange it so that here feast should fall in the middle of this nightmare for the Church in America.

Heh heh. Did you see whose are Tuesday and Thursday?

Pope St Pius V and St Athanasius.

[RobbyS]

Thanks.

[OxfordMovement]

Thought this would interest you.

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A St. Catherine ping....

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"She sometimes broke with polite convention".............ah, a girl after my own heart! LOL UNPC and proud of it!

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[ThomasMore]

St. Catherine of Siena deliberately told popes, queens and kings how to behave. She was spontaneous, unafraid of authority and fearless in the face of death.

Holiness is to be found everywhere in the Church, not just the hierarchy. I have been praying for St. Catherine's intercession, especially in light of the scandals that are rocking the hierarchical boat.

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BTTT!

[Salvation]

BTTT!