Life of Total Prayer: Selected Writings of Catherine of Siena

by Catherine of Siena, Keith Beasley-Topliffe

In seeking to submit her will completely to God, Catherine of Siena practiced extreme self-sacrifice fueled by prayer so intense that she often lost awareness of the world around her. She expressed these experiences in numerous letters and writings that address the turbulent times of 14th-century Italy in which she lived. For her teaching she was one of the first women named as Doctor of the Church. Sold individually or as a part of The Upper Room Spiritual Classics®, Series 3.

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Saint Catherine of Siena, T.O.S.D. was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. Since 18 June 1866 she is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with St. Francis of Assisi. On 3 October 1970 she was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI, and on 1 October 1999 Pope John Paul II named her as a one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bridget of Sweden and Edith Stein.