Solitude and Silence: Catherine of Siena: The Interior Cell
Teaching on Solitude and Silence from Catherine of Siena: Catherine of Siena: The Interior Cell
This is a spiritual discipline on interior cell and active contemplation, drawing on Matthew 6:6, John 14:23 and Colossians 3:3.
Catherine of Siena (d. 1380) was a Dominican tertiary who lived an active life of service while maintaining deep interior solitude. Her spiritual director, Raymond of Capua, recorded her teaching on "the interior cell" -- an inner place of solitude that one carries everywhere. Catherine said: "Build yourself a cell in your heart and retire there to pray." This democratized solitude, making it available to anyone regardless of circumstances.…
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