Saint Catherine of Siena, Lay Dominican, Doctor of the Universal Church

29th April is the memorial of St Catherine of Siena, c. 1347-1380.

You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love. - Dialogue 165

• Here is fr Thomas McDermott OP's website with a wealth of resources on Catherine's life and work
• Here are some quotations from Catherine's Holy Preaching
• Here is a Powerpoint slideshow on places associated with Catherine in her lifetime

Dearest Catherine, our Dominican sister, heroic daughter of the Church and ardent spouse of the Lord, pray for your sisters and brothers in the Order that we be given the grace to love him as you do and to bring others into knowledge of his love for them.

What is the most fundamental truth?

It is the fact that we were loved by God 

from before the beginning.

So said St Catherine of Siena.

Father Paul Murray OP speaks about this and about our hunger for meaning, here.

For those with tablets and smartphones, Fr Paul's short homily is one of a growing library on the latest Dominican preaching app, Blackfriars Media.  Look for it in the right hand column of this page, or go here.