Welcome to the stack of writings of the Saints & Popes!
This index organizes the literature of our beloved Saints, and also
includes links to the Vatican website for Papal encyclicals, homilies and
the catechism of the Catholic Church.
St. John of the Cross
The Dark Night of the Soul
(the poem and Book I in full)
This amazing work describes the movement of the soul as it is first
called by God to purity. Book I deals extensively with the deadly sins.
St. Augustine of Hippo
Confessions, Book II
Confessions, Book VIII
Treatise on Rebuke and Grace
(Red link will take you offsite to EWTN)
St. Gertrude the Great
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(The Saint's own words begin with Book II)
The Life and Revelation of St. Gertrude the Great
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Excerpts from the Spiritual Exercises:
Mysteries of the Life of Christ
Perceiving the Movements in the Soul
Greater Discernment of Spirits
St. Maria Faustina Kowalska,
Divine Mercy in My Soul
Brother Ugolino,
The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
A selection from many anecdotes on the life and faith
lessons of St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Teresa of Avila
The Interior Castle
Papal Encyclicals & Apostolic Letters
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Pope John Paul II: Rosarium Virginis Mariae
Pope John Paul II: Dominum et Vivicantem
Pope Benedict XVI: Deus Caritas Est
Catechism of the Catholic Church
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light;
and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the rooftops.
[Matthew 10:27]
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