{"product_id":"the-secret-of-the-heart","title":"The Secret of the Heart","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Secret of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e presents an eloquent summary of St. Catherine of Siena’s spiritual teaching on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Flowing from her intimate relationship with Christ, and bolstered by her prodigious intellectual prowess, St. Catherine’s theology has at its crux the immense and inexpressible love of God for mankind. The heart, as Sr. Mary Jeremiah, O.P., states, “is the treasure house containing all her favorite images.” As such, St. Catherine sees the heart of Jesus in particular as a manifestation, an incarnation, of the Creator’s infinite love for his creatures and his desire to be united with them for eternity. A crucial witness to the centrality of devotion to the Sacred Heart in the life of the Church and her saints, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Secret of the Heart \u003c\/em\u003ealso charts the historical influence of Catherinian spirituality and its particular effect on Pius XII’s historic encyclical, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaurietis Aquas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay your refuge be Christ crucified, my only-begotten Son, living and hiding in the cavern of his open side. There you will taste my divine nature in the human nature, by means of the affection of love. In that open heart you will find charity for me and for your neighbor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThoroughly researched and lovingly written, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Secret of the Heart \u003c\/em\u003estands as a worthy testament to St. Catherine of Siena and the visionary theology which earned her the title of Doctor of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Jeremiah, O.P.,\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Dominican nun of the Monastery of the Infant Jesus, in Lufkin, Texas. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe Secret of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, she is the author of numerous articles and the translator of \u003cem\u003eA\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLife for Unity\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eSister Maria Gabriella,\u003c\/em\u003e by Paul B. Quattrocchi, and \u003cem\u003eThings Visible and Invisible: Images in the Spirituality of St. Catherine of Siena\u003c\/em\u003e, by Giuliana Cavallini, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1952826610\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100031082863,"sku":"978-1952826610","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--451.jpg?v=1781124637","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-secret-of-the-heart","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}