Catherine of Siena

thumb|The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven. Saint Catherine of Siena (March 25, 1347 – April 29, 1380) was a Dominican Tertiary (lay affiliate) of the Dominican Order. Quotes The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven. Attributed by Dorothy Day in On Pilgrimage (1948) p. 161 Variants: All the way to Heaven is Heaven, because Christ is the Way. As attributed in The Last Things : Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven (1998) by Regis Martin, p. 39 All the way to heaven is heaven, for Jesus said, I am the way. As attributed in The Fear of Beggars : Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics (2007) by Kelly S. Johnson, p. 209 If you are what you ought to be, you will set fire to all Italy, and not only yonder. (Letter 368 to Stefano Maconi) Original Italian: Se sarete quello che dovete essere, metterete fuoco in tutta Italia, non tanto costì. (Lettera 368 a Stefano Maconi) Variant versions: If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire! If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze! As quoted by Pope John Paul II in | an address to the Regnum Christi Movement and the Legionaries of Christ (4 January 2001) Also as quoted by Pope John Paul II in | The Closing Homily at World Youth Day, Tor Vergata, (Sunday 20 August 2000) Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. As quoted by Bishop Richard Chartres in his sermon to the Royal Wedding congregation at Westminster Abbey (29 April 2011) Variant versions: I see the world is rotten because of silence … speak the truth in a million voices. It is silence that kills. (quoted at 0:23 of Randall Terry The Silence That Kills 2022-06-07 2020-10-19 23:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql2ncPIgui0) Original Italian: Oimé, non più tacere! Gridate con centomiglia di lingue. Veggo che, per lo tacere, el mondo è guasto, la Sposa di Cristo è impalidita ( Lettera 16, "A uno grande prelato") lit.: "O alas, be silent no more! Shout with a hundred thousand tongues. I see that, through silence, the world is broken, the Bride of Christ is impaled" Quotes about Catherine of Siena was only six years old when Jesus appeared to her dressed majestically as the Supreme Pontiff, with three crowns on his head and a red cloak, flanked by St. Peter, St. John, and St. Paul. She devoted herself to serving the Church and, in particular, the clergy and the Pope. Cristina Siccardi, Santa Caterina da Siena e san Pio V, Corrispondenza Romana, 23 April 2013. External links Saint Catherine of Siena Catherine+of+Siena+Saint Catherine of Siena "St. Catherine of Siena" by Edmund G. Gardner in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1908) Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin at EWTN Letters of Catherine from Gutenberg Saint Catherine of Siena: text with concordances and frequency list Category:Christian leaders Category:Saints Category:1347 births Category:1380 deaths Category:People from Tuscany Category:Vegetarians Category:Nuns Category:Doctors of the Church Category:Stigmatics