That line from a hymn extols one virtue of St. Catherine of Siena. She saw the Church divided. “Catherine spent the last two years of her life in Rome, in prayer and pleading on behalf of the cause of Pope Urban VI and the unity of the Church.”
In 2016 before the U.K. vote on the Brexit issue, Thinking Faith posted a contribution centring on today’s saint. It reposted it today, and it sounds a few current themes: care for the sick; “complaint about political leadership”; and “a perspective of service, rather than of self-interest.”
How does the life Catherine of Siena , whose feast is today, suggest ways in which we might think about our political engagement? Toby Lees OP draws some lessons from the 14th century saint for our lives today. https://t.co/iZyoZ3QlSp pic.twitter.com/N64w5I91aV— Thinking Faith (@ThinkingFaith) April 29, 2020
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