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St. Catherine of Siena
The Dialogue of Saint Catherine
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A TREATISE OF PRAYER
How this devout soul seeks knowledge from God concerning the state and fruit of tears.
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How
this
devout
soul
seeks
knowledge
from
God
concerning
the
state
and
fruit
of
tears
.
Then
this
soul
,
yearning
with
very
great
desire
,
and
rising
as
one
intoxicated
both
by
the
union
which
she
had
had
with
God
,
and
by
what
she
had
heard
and
tasted
of
the
Supreme
and
Sweet
Truth
,
yearned
with
grief
over
the
ignorance
of
creatures
,
in
that
they
did
not
know
their
Benefactor
,
or
the
affection
of
the
love
of
God
.
And
nevertheless
she
had
joy
from
the
hope
of
the
promise
that
the
Truth
of
God
had
made
to
her
,
teaching
her
the
way
she
was
to
direct
her
will
(
and
the
other
servants
of
God
as
well
as
herself
)
in
order
that
He
should
do
mercy
to
the
world
.
And
,
lifting
up
the
eye
of
her
intellect
upon
the
sweet
Truth
,
to
whom
she
remained
united
,
wishing
to
know
somewhat
of
the
aforesaid
states
of
the
soul
of
which
God
had
spoken
to
her
,
and
seeing
that
the
soul
passes
through
these
states
with
tears
,
she
wished
to
learn
from
the
Truth
concerning
the
different
kinds
of
tears
,
and
how
they
came
to
be
,
and
whence
they
proceeded
,
and
the
fruit
that
resulted
from
weeping
.
Wishing
then
to
know
this
from
the
Sweet
,
Supreme
and
First
Truth
,
as
to
the
manner
of
being
and
reason
of
the
aforesaid
tears
,
and
inasmuch
as
the
truth
cannot
be
learnt
from
any
other
than
from
the
Truth
Himself
,
and
nothing
can
be
learnt
in
the
Truth
but
what
is
seen
by
the
eye
of
the
intellect
,
she
made
her
request
of
the
Truth
.
For
it
is
necessary
for
him
who
is
lifted
with
desire
to
learn
the
Truth
with
the
light
of
faith
.
Wherefore
,
knowing
that
she
had
not
forgotten
the
teaching
which
the
Truth
,
that
is
,
God
,
had
given
her
,
that
in
no
other
way
could
she
learn
about
the
different
states
and
fruits
of
tears
,
she
rose
out
of
herself
,
exceeding
every
limit
of
her
nature
with
the
greatness
of
her
desire
.
And
,
with
the
light
of
a
lively
faith
,
she
opened
the
eye
of
her
intellect
upon
the
Eternal
Truth
,
in
whom
she
saw
and
knew
the
Truth
,
in
the
matter
of
her
request
,
for
God
Himself
manifested
it
to
her
,
and
condescending
in
His
benignity
to
her
burning
desire
,
fulfilled
her
petition
.
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