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Charity, Humility and Voluntary Poverty: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux – a Dominican in Disguise?

“What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” [1] Tertullian’s rhetorical question concerning the relationship between philosophy and the Gospel could perhaps be transposed to the relationship between St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Dominican tradition. Little Thérèse’s overflowing affectivity, her devotion to the Child Jesus and her frequent mention of flowers and birds may perhaps appeal to a Franciscan heart but, as Timothy Radcliffe O.P. says, the Dominicans tend to take a more “robust approach”, hesitating to use “sugary and sentimental” language, [2] and the only famous story involving St. Dominic and a bird, is the one where the devil disguised as a bird distracts Dominican nuns from listening to Dominic’s preaching. Dominic resolutely captures and plucks the bird, and that is the end of it. [3] “How distressed I should be to have read all those books; I would just have got a splitting headache and lost precious time, which I have simply spent in loving God” [4] sig...

Self-knowledge and knowledge of God: The core teaching of Saint Catherine of Siena

Introduction Saint Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) is one of the most fascinating personalities in Church history, for several reasons. Not only was she a great mystic, a woman of prayer, tireless in her service for her brothers and sisters in humanity and passionate in her love for them, for God and for the Church, she was also involved in the affairs of society to an unusual extent for a woman in her time, and was the first woman, together with Teresa of Avila, to be given the title Doctor of the Church. Many attempts have been made to identify the central theme of Catherine’s teaching, and not all scholars agree on it. [1] However, one often mentioned, and one which is linked to most or even all of the other suggestions, is the concept of self-knowledge and knowledge of God. It is on this theme, therefore, that I will focus in this essay. To begin with, I will give a brief biography of Catherine and present the sources to her teaching. Secondly, I will consider the the...

Praedicatores misericordiae (V): Blessed Margareta Ebner

Blessed Margareta Ebner (c. 1291 - 1351) was a Dominican nun and is counted among the Rhineland mystics, with Eckhart, Tauler and Suso among others. She lived a profound spiritual life, centered on Christ and marked by the liturgical seasons. She is commemorated on 20 June. The following text is taken from her Paternoster, and speaks of God's mercy at work in us.

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