On 15 February 1934 St. Edith Stein knelt before the nuns of the Carmel of Cologne-Lindenthal and formally requested to be clothed in the holy habit of Carmel. We trace a few details from her letters and the biography written by her novice mistress.
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St Edith Stein's time of postulancy was moving quickly. In January 1934 she wrote: "As I stand in our peaceful choir I cannot thank God enough for having lifted me out of the whirlwind and set me in this profound peace, that I have done nothing to deserve."
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St. Raphael Kalinowski received the Discalced Carmelite habit on 26 November 1877 and made his religious vows on the same date in 1878. Here is an excerpt from his conference for the Discalced Carmelite friars in Wadowice: “Mother of God, Hope of the World.”
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote a series of farewell letters at the end of October 1906; today we read her promise to pray for young Clémence, a companion in the novitiate who left Carmel in the summer of 1906. Elizabeth was her “guardian angel” in Carmel, helping her to adapt and adjust to monastic life.
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St. Thérèse explains that during her novitiate she had difficulty during her one-on-one sessions with her novice mistress: "I had never become accustomed to speaking about my soul and I didn’t know how to express what was going on within it."
"My Mother, here is the Bridegroom!" This was the inscription on the holy card that St. Elizabeth of the Trinity presented as a gift to her novice mistress on the day of her religious profession, 11 January 1903. Learn more about this day...
Pauline Martin explains that Thérèse "could have legitimately taken the Habit... before the end of October, but she in fact didn’t take the Habit until 10th January 1889."
"It was a feast such as the Cologne Carmel has never seen"
God bless the hand which directed me
How good it is in Carmel!
“My mother, please take me with you!”
He had singular affection for the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sr. Benedicta answered, "Like the Bride of the Lamb."
I look forward with so much joy to the silence
On the vigil of the Feast of St. Joseph we congratulated Mother Josepha
It seems to me that humility is truth.
Edith’s six months of probation passed quickly.
Oh, yes, Sister, “Let's live in love.”
Continue always to pray with me, that Jesus may absorb and possess us.
I don't want the eve of such a beautiful day to pass by without speaking a little word
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