St. Catherine of Siena
Catholic Saints
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Doctor of the Church
Catherine of Sienna and Teresa of Avila were only made doctors of the church more recently. They write a lot about prayer and how to attain union with God in a spiritual sense. I was struck reading St. Catherine's dialogues, her major treatise. She talks about prayer and the need for courage to be able to pray. The idea that prayer takes courage, that's a really interesting and striking idea.
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