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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Catherine of Siena
DESCRIPTION:THE WAY OF \nPRAYER TO GOD \nFrom “The Dialogues” by St Catherine of Siena \n◊◊◊ \nA soul rises up\, restless with tremendous desire for God’s honor and the \nsalvation of souls. she has for some time exercised herself in virtue and has \nbecome accustomed to dwelling in the cell of self-knowledge in order to know \nbetter God’s goodness toward her\, since upon knowledge follows love. And \nloving\, she seeks to pursue truth and clothe herself in it. \nBut there is no way she can so savor and be enlightened by this truth as in \ncontinual humble prayer\, grounded in the knowledge of herself and of God. For \nby such prayer the soul is united with God\, following in the footsteps of Christ \ncrucified\, and through desire and affection and the union of love he makes of her \nanother himself. So Christ seems to have meant when he said\, “If you will love \nme and keep my word\, I will show myself to you\, and you will be one thing \nwith me and I with you.”. And we find similar words in other places from which \nwe can see it is the truth that by love’s affection the soul becomes another \nhimself. \nTo make this clearer still\, I remember having heard from a certain servant \nof God that\, when she was at prayer\, lifted high in spirit\, God would not hide \nfrom her mind’s eye his love for his servants. No\, he would reveal it\, saying \namong other things\, “Open your mind’s eye and look within me\, and you will see \nthe dignity and beauty of my reasoning creature. But beyond the beauty I have \ngiven the soul by creating her in my image and likeness\, look at those who are \nclothed in the wedding garment of charity\, adorned with many true virtues: they \nare united with me through love. So I say\, if you should ask me who they are\, I \nwould answer\,” said the gentle loving Word\, “that they are another me\, for they \nhave lost and drowned their own will and have clothed themselves and united \nthemselves and conformed themselves with mine.” It is true\, then\, that the soul \nis united to God through love’s affection.
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