“You said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image and likeness’ (Genesis 1:26). And this you did, eternal Trinity, willing that we should share all that you are, high eternal Trinity! You, eternal Father, gave us memory to hold your gifts and share your power. You gave us understanding so that, seeing Your goodness, we might share the wisdom of your only-begotten Son. And you gave us free will to love what our understanding sees and knows of Your truth, and so share the clemency of Your Holy Spirit. Why did you so dignify us? With unimaginable love you looked upon your creatures within Your very soul, and You fell in love with us. So it was love that made You create us and give us being just so that we might taste Your supreme eternal good.” ——An excerpt from ” The Dialogue” by Catherine of Sienna