#catherine of siena

[anatomicalmartyr]

Saint Catherine of Siena by Francesco Vanni (1563 - 1610)

[artofwounding]

wrote a dissertation on this painting of catherine of siena so i got it tattooed

[maertyrer]

Florentine Master St. Catherine of Siena between St. Sebastian and a soldier saint (St. Demetrios?)

Oil on wood, 29.5 × 47.5 cm, first half of the 16th century

[apenitentialprayer]

Happy to confirm that not only is the "We've had enough exhortations to be silent" quote from Catherine of Siena is real, but that it goes even harder in the original Italian.

Oimé, non più tacere! Gridate con centomiglia di lingue. Veggo che, per lo tacere, el mondo è guasto, la Sposa di Cristo è impalidita

(The bolded and italicized phrase is left out of most English translations of the quotation I see; not only is the world rotten from silence, but the Spouse of Christ is impaled by it)

[iscariotapologist]

Catherine of Siena, trans. Algar Thorold

[vulnerasti-cor-meum]

happy feast day of st catherine of siena they simply dont make catholic women today like they used to

[cmonbartender]

St. Catherine of Siena (1746) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

[glorious-destruction]

Carlo Dolci, St Catherine of Siena, circa 1665, detail

[muffy-artist]

st catherine of siena

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Alessandro Franchi (Italian, 1838-1914) Saint Catherine of Siena, 1888 - Catherine was a 14th-century Dominican tertiary who led a deep life of prayer and contemplation. During her life she received the wounds of Christ after receiving Holy Communion, and they were at first visible. However, she petitioned God that the grace be made invisible, so that she could still participate in the suffering of Christ but remain hidden to the world. She asked this because the visible stigmata, if made public, may attract a cult of followers who, even though well-intentioned, can distract from a person’s mission. God granted her request, and for the rest of her life she bore the hidden stigmata (visible only to herself), suffering interiorly the wounds of Christ. After death the stigmata returned on her body for the world to see.

[helloparkerrose]

[curly-cottage-girl]

Happy feast of St. Catherine of Siena!

[twinpeaksfireblogwithme]

“i could fix him” i could lick his wounds and eat his scabs

[apenitentialprayer]

detail of Catherine's Father Finds Her Praying With The Dove of the Holy Spirit Above Her Head

God is, in fact, continually creating you through all your experience, and you are the indispensable co-creator.

- Thomas Hart, "What to Expect in Christian Spiritual Direction"

[theinwardlight]

Thomas said to Jesus, 'Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?' And Jesus answered him, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. Nobody comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you know my Father as well. Now you do know him and have seen him.'

John 14:5–7

“All the way to heaven is heaven, for Jesus said, I am the way.” – Catherine of Siena

[purpleyamninja]