Saint Francis of Assisi wanted to follow the Gospel. His whole way of life was based on living the Gospel which meant that he had to know the Gospel. Therefore penitents begin their formation in the Confraternity of Penitents by daily reading the Gospel. Christ in the Gospel is a small, ...
Keywords: St. Francis of Assisi;St. Bonaventure;Major Legend;aesthetics;medieval theology;Franciscanism;mysticism
St. Catherine of Siena was a Dominican tertiary and mystic who gained a wide reputation for her holiness and her severe asceticism. Catherine’s writings include about 380 letters, 26 prayers, and the 4 treatises of her famous work, The Dialogue. She is