This library is built in the open.
If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or just want to say hello — we’d love to hear from you.

On disobedience concerning obedience.
On despair: and on hope, especially at the point of death. Chapter 131.
On the deception of the devil regarding our souls. Chapter 44.
The devil transforms himself into an angel or into another saint. Chapter 71.
In what way one recognizes the aforementioned transformations, when they are from the devil or not. Chapters 71, 106. In mystical theology, "discernment of spirits" was the practice of determining whether a vision came from God or a demonic deception.
How the devil is overcome and confounded by the perfect. Chapter 70. In Catherine’s writing, "the perfect" refers to those who have reached the highest stage of spiritual union with God.
On human dignity and how one must suffer to conform to Christ. Chapter 12.
Also on human dignity: and how much love God has shown it. Chapter 13.
On discretion and how it is planted in humility. Chapter 9. Discretion (or discernment) is a central virtue for Catherine; she famously calls it a "child" born from the union of the soul with God through humility.
Discretion renders first to God what is due. Chapter 7.
Discretion is joined with charity and humility. Chapter 10.
How much love God has shown to man. Chapters 13, 14.
God laments over his people and principally over the clergy. Chapter 18.
God constrains himself to mercy through the prayer of the just. Chapter 15.
No one can go out from the hands of God. Chapter 18. Catherine often emphasizes that everything—even justice—is a manifestation of God's hand, and no one can escape His reach, whether through mercy or through the law.
God draws man to himself through love if man does not resist. Chapter 26.
God manifests himself to the soul in many ways. Chapter 61.
God does not depart from the perfect through grace nor through feeling: but rather through union. Chapter 78.
The goodness of God extends over sinners. Chapter 80.
God induces his servants to pray and labor for the Church. The text here cuts off at "chiesa?" (Church).