Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
St. Edith Stein sends greetings on this date in 1934 to her old friend and recent Jewish convert, Ruth Kantorowicz; she offers this advice: let nothing distract you “from living in the intense thought of the Advent liturgy.”
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We recall the birth of the Servant of God Hermann Cohen on this date in 1820, with links to biographical sketches by his admirers and fellow Jewish converts. Cohen himself cries out, “I love Jesus Christ—that’s the secret of my immense peace.”
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St. Edith Stein writes an old friend in Switzerland to ask if she could assist to obtain entry permits and visas for herself and her older sister Rosa, who has been an extern sister and outside sacristan at the Carmel of Echt since 1 July 1939.
Edith Stein produced a translation in two volumes of The Disputed Questions on Truth of St. Thomas Aquinas, but in a novel way....
"To whom much has been given," Jesus says, "much will be required". Maria Teresa knew this.
I love Jesus Christ—this is what I want to proclaim
A desire was born in her to love the Sacred Heart with her whole being
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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