“What is the charge?” asked St. Titus Brandsma when the Gestapo came to arrest him on the evening of 19 January 1942. They searched his cell. As he was led away, he whispered to the friars, "Memento mei"—pray for me.
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The Passion of Edith Stein, 2021: A compilation
This year, we present a compilation of our blog posts concerning the passion and death of St. Edith Stein, from Echt to Auschwitz
Quote of the day: 31 October
We simply need to pray diligently for each other
Quote of the day: 7 April
Meditation is an admirable and a most meritorious kind of prayer
Quote of the day: 2 June
God is eternal silence; God dwells in silence
Quote of the day: 19 January
Brandsma, a political prisoner, was arrested eight months before Edith Stein
People with prophets have more power than they may realize
After the August 2 arrest of St. Edith and her sister Rosa Stein, the police van drove them from the Carmel of Echt to the police headquarters in Roermond, Holland. Later the same day, they were transported to the Amersfoort transit camp, arriving after midnight August 3. Traveling in the same van with Edith and Rosa was Sister Judith Mendes da Costa, a Dominican nun who was an administrator in the Dominican sanitarium Berg en Bosch in Bilthoven, Holland.
"But I will accept whatever God arranges."
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