THE MEMORIAL OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA. VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.
"Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
"I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
"And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him,
for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
"Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him:
the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,
because I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life.
So what I say, I say as the Father told me.” (John 12: 44 - 50).
Wednesday April 29th 2026 in the 4th Week in the Easter Season is the Memorial of St Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church.
St Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380). Italian Dominican Tertiary. Virgin and Doctor of the Church.
Catherine died at the age of 33 and accomplished for the Kingdom of God what most of us could never accomplish even if we live to be 90 years.
She brought about the renewal of the Church in a period of moral laxity. She was instrumental in reuniting the Church during the great Western Schism.
She authored a spiritual classic, THE DIALOGUE.
Catherine is the first woman to be named Doctor of the Church.
She is the patron saint of plagues and Italy and co-patron saint of Europe with St Benedict.
"It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain.
God set St Catherine on fire with divine love and boldness in the service of the Church. And Catherine set the Church on fire with her zeal and service.
"Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire." St Catherine of Siena said and lived this maxim.
Some quotes to nourish our faith from St Catherine of Siena:
1. “Love follows knowledge.”
2. “The human heart is drawn by love.”
3. "Humanity is nothing of itself; what we have, we have from God by grace, not because he owes it to us."
4. “God is more willing to pardon than we have been to sin.”
5. “What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!”.
6. “God was made man and man was made God.”
7. “Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.”
8. “All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, "I am the way.”
Let us note that St Catherine of Siena had no formal education.
"I chose you from the world, to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord." (John 15: 16).
"Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children." (Matthew 11: 25).
THE EUCHARIST IS THE PRECIOUS BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
The Church honors the HOLY EUCHARIST in APRIL.
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