Fr. Paul Murray, OP, an Irish Dominican friar, lives in Rome where
he teaches courses at the Angelicum University on the literature of the Western mystical tradition. He is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute and has published many books, including Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom; Scars: Essays, Poems, and Meditations on Affliction; and Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism, and Poetry.