Quote of the day, 7 December: St. Edith Stein

The bells of the cathedral have just finished their beautiful ringing in of the Feast of the Immaculata. We shall be praying Matins soon!

Saint Edith Stein
Letter 253 to Hedwig Dülberg (excerpt)
7 December 1937

You can listen to the different segments of this recording as follows:

00:00 Organ solo, Grand chœur dialogué (E. Gigout)
06:12 Ringing of the bells
11:15 Description of the organ and bells (English)

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.