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...will be. Chapter 86. This fragment completes a sentence from the previous page, likely referring to the state of the soul or God's grace.
God invites us to knock at the door: which knocking pleases him greatly. Chapter 107.
In infinite ways, God calls the soul out of sin: and especially through tribulation and the remorse of conscience. Chapter 143.
God is constrained to mercy by the love that he has for the creature. Chapter 143.
What it means: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter," etc. Chapter 11. original: "non omnis qui dicit domine domine intrabit." Catherine is referencing Matthew 7:21 to emphasize that true faith requires action, not just words.
Concerning Saint Dominic: and concerning his religious order and his saints. Chapter 158. Saint Dominic (1170–1221) was the founder of the Order of Preachers; Catherine herself was a member of the Dominican Third Order.
God has given different gifts to different people. Chapter 8.
Concerning the figure of the boy whom Elisha resurrected. Chapter 40. Catherine uses this biblical story from 2 Kings 4 as an allegory for the restoration of the soul through Christ.
How the Eucharist should be received. Chapters 14, 66.
Concerning the dignity of priests: and of the Eucharist. Chapter 110.
How the Eucharist is received with more grace or less grace. Chapter 110.
Concerning those who receive it unworthily. Chapter 110.
How the bodily senses are deceived regarding the sacrament: and not the senses of the soul, which are what ought to receive it. Chapter 111. This refers to the doctrine of Transubstantiation, where the bread and wine appear unchanged to the physical eyes, but their essence is changed for the "eyes of faith."
Concerning a vision that Saint Catherine had regarding this sacrament. Chapter 111.
Concerning the benefit to the soul that receives it worthily. Chapter 113.
Concerning the purity that the minister of the Eucharist must have, and also he who receives it. Chapter 124.
God provides the said sacrament to his servants miraculously. Chapter 142.
Against those who do not edify others by the example of God's followers. Chapter 4. Edify: to "build up" the faith of others through one's own virtuous behavior.