Libro della divina dottrina, volgarmente detto Dialogo della Divina Provvidenza (2ª ed.)

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EPUB is from Project Gutenberg (cf. Cavallini's ed., which includes Scriptures references.)

She completed it in 1378, when she was ~31.

"ministratori del Sole" on how we should treat sinful, bad clergy (¶2.190 = ch. 120)

I read her Dialogo in Italy June 2018 and am astounded by how Dominican she is! Some memorable themes/phrases: Verità , love of God vs. self-love, knowing oneself, the wisdom of poverty and trusting in Divine Providence, usury (which the other Siennese, San Bernardino, also condemned), "croce del dimonio" that the mondani fruitlessly carry, how God never leaves holy desires (sancti desidèri) unfulfilled (God is the "adempitore de’ sancti desidèri "), and that "molto gli piace chi dimanda e bussa a la porta de la sua Veritá con perseveranzia " ("He really likes it when one asks and knocks at the door of his Truth with perseverance").

ref:1.21: "My most dear daughter, I am not the despiser of desire; rather, I am the fulfiller of holy desires." ("Dilectissima figliuola mia, Io non so’ spregiatore del desiderio, anco so’ adempitore de’ sancti desidèri. ")

I read her Dialogo in Italy 2018 and was astounded by how Dominican she is! Some memorable themes/phrases: Verità , love of God vs. self-love, knowing oneself, the wisdom of poverty and trusting in Divine Providence, usury (which the other Siennese, San Bernardino, also condemned), "croce del dimonio" that the mondani fruitlessly carry, how God never leaves holy desires (sancti desidèri) unfulfilled (God is the "adempitore de’ sancti desidèri "), and that "molto gli piace chi dimanda e bussa a la porta de la sua Veritá con perseveranzia " ("He really likes it when one asks and knocks at the door of his Truth with perseverance").