Feast Day: April
29
Also
known as
Catharine of Siena
Profile
Youngest child in a large family. At the age of 6 she had a vision in which
Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she
became a Dominican
tertiary.
Mystic.
Stigmatist.
Received a vision in which she was in a mystical marriage with Christ, and
the Infant Christ presented her with a wedding ring. Counselor to Pope
Gregory
XI and Pope
Urban VI. Proclaimed Doctor
of the Church on 4
October 1970.
Born
25
March 1347 at Siena,
Tuscany, Italy
Died
29
April 1380 of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without
notice, and was never properly diagnosed
Canonized
1461 by Pope
Pius II
Name
Meaning
pure one
Patronage
against
fire, bodily ills,
Europe,
fire prevention,
firefighters,
illness,
Italy,
miscarriages,
nurses,
nursing services,
people ridiculed for their piety,
sexual temptation,
sick people,
sickness,
Siena Italy,
temptations
Representation
cross; heart; lily; ring; stigmata
Prayers
Prayer I to...
Prayer II
to...
...to the
Precious Blood of Jesus
...for the
Gifts of...
Novena prayer
to...
Readings
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it
binds God with man and man with God.
-Saint Catherine of Siena
Eternal Trinity, Godhead, mystery deep as the sea, you could give me no
greater gift than the gift of yourself. For you are a fire ever burning
and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills
my being. Yes, you are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates
the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth. And I know that
you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you gave yourself to
man in the fire of your love.
-from On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena
Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God
does nothing without this goal in mind.
-Saint Catherine of Siena
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