May I ask you for a memento to our holy Father (St.) Elijah of the intention I commended to you yesterday? To my great joy, he is my patron this month and I have a lot of confidence in him, especially in this matter.
Saint Edith Stein
Letter 270 to Fr. Swidbert Soreth, O.P.
21 July 1938
Featured image: Elia in de grot, etching on paper print by Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1704. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Stein, E. 1993, Self-Portrait in Letters, 1916-1942, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Discalced Carmelite, translated from the German by Koeppel, J, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
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