Catherine of Siena was a 14th century mystic and activist. She was only six years old when she had her first vision of Jesus, along with Peter, John, and Paul.
What can she teach us, hundreds of years later, and in a time and culture where “visions” seem to be an occurrence of the past?
Catherine “spoke” to Jesus as a mystic, yet she responded with action. She was a mystic in action, basing her work on the message she received from Jesus: “Love of me and love of neighbor are one and the same thing.”
This message was to drive her entire adult life, and she used her gifts in service to others, and in questioning authority that needed to be questioned, without apology.
Can we be so bold? Are we saints yet?

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