We continue St. Edith Stein's comment on woman's destiny and the Marian ideal: "woman has something in herself inherited from Eve, and she must search for the way from Eve to Mary."
Marie du jour 2022, 30 May: St. Edith Stein
Marie du jour 2022, 29 May: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein sings a hymn of praise to the Blessed Virgin in her 1932 lectures to the Organization of Catholic Women in Zurich: "As Mother of God and mother of all God's children, she is exalted above all creatures on the throne of glory; maternity itself is glorified through her...."
Quote of the day, 25 May: St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi
Come Holy Spirit. [...] Come, you who, descending into Mary, caused the Word to take flesh: effect in us by grace what you accomplished in her by grace and nature.
Marie du jour 2022, 19 May: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein explains how the love of Christ impels virginal souls "to descend into the darkest night": in this way, they resemble the Virgin of virgins who, beneath the cross, became the Mother of Grace.
Quote of the day, 13 January: Sr. Jeanne-Marie-Ange of the Child Jesus, O.C.D.
"My God, beloved Father, with my Christ, I place my soul in your hands whenever you please. Fiat! But have mercy." A prayer written by Sr. Jeanne-Marie-Ange, OCD (13 Jan 1895 - 24 Oct 1921)
Quote of the day, 21 September: Céline Martin
When she went to Rome, she told me that she had no fear of her purity being tainted by anything she came across on the trip, because she had placed herself under St Joseph’s protection.
Quote of the day: 9 July
Carmel finds in Mary the fullness of the spirit that is its own
Quote of the day: 13 June
It is as if they carefully expose that monastic garment to their Redeemer
Quote of the day: 10 April
Jesus, my crucified Love I just told you again to take my heart
Quote of the day: 6 January
He is near to us; he wants to be sought and found by us
Quote of the day: 21 November
Too little love is a worse offense against the Divine Heart than too much
Quote of the day: 16 September
all our actions become a kind of brief conversation with God
Quote of the day: 27 August
The mother must keep pure the atmosphere in which the child is living
7 August: Saint Albert of Trápani
Saint Albert of Trápani a model of purity and prayer
Quote of the day: 19 July
A brief conversation with God coming from the simplicity and purity of our hearts
Quote of the day: 3 April
This is her message: happiness is in God alone
August 7: Saint Albert of Trápani
Saint Albert of Trapani a model of purity and prayer, and a devoted servant of Our Lady...
The Marie du jour – May 6
Divine virginity has a characteristic aversion to sin as the contrary of divine holiness. However, this aversion to sin gives rise to an indomitable love for sinners. Christ has come to tear sinners away from sin and to restore the divine image in defiled souls. He comes as the child of sin—his genealogy and... Continue Reading →
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