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After providing an in-depth introduction on the study of mysticism, Algar Thorold provides the English translation of Catherine of Siena’s Dialogue, a series of colloquies divided into four treatises: “A Treatise of Divine Providence,” “A Treatise of Discretion,” “A Treatise of Prayer,” and “A Treatise of Obedience.”

obedience, and of the advantages which it brings to him who truly lays hold of it. “THIS is the true remedy, possessed by the really obedient man, who renews it every day, increasing the virtue of obedience with the light of faith, longing for insults and mockery, that heavy labours should be imposed on him by his superior for the virtue of obedience, and of her sister patience not to grow rusty. So that when the time comes that they are needed, they never fail or become difficult to exercise, wherefore