Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), mystic and Doctor of the Church, wrote The Dialogue, her crowning spiritual work, for “the instruction and encouragement of all those whose spiritual welfare was her concern.”
Catherine presents a series of questions to God the Father each of which receives a response and amplification. There is a magnificent portrayal of Christ as the bridge. There are specific discussions of discernment, true and false spiritual emotions, truth, the sacramental heart of the Church, divine providence, and obedience. It is not so much a treatise to be read as it is a conversation to be entered into with earnest leisure and leisurely earnest.
