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Saints of the Month: February
appeared as if roasted, and her tongue like
red-hot iron. Amid all she was calm and
joyful, saying, “I long to suffer all
imaginable pains, that souls may quickly see
and praise their Redeemer.” She knew by
revelation the arrival of a soul in. purgatory,
and the hour of its release. She held
intercourse with the Saints in glory, and
frequently conversed with St. Philip Neri at
Rome without ever leaving her convent at
Prato. She died, amid angels’ songs, in
1589.
Reflection.—If we truly love Jesus
crucified, we must long, as did St.
Catherine, to release the Holy Souls whom
He has redeemed but has left to our charity
to set free.
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