St. Edith Stein, writing from St. Magdalena College in Speyer, sends early Christmas greetings in a postcard to her friend, philosopher Roman Ingarden. “There is a lot to tell,” she says, “but writing is a great robber of time.”
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Quote of the day, 11 October: St. John Paul II
Edith Stein was canonized in Rome on 11 October 1998. In this blog post we share excerpts from the homily of St John Paul II and images that reflect her life and mission.
Quote of the day, 14 September: St. Edith Stein
For the renewal of vows at the Carmel of Echt in 1940, St. Edith Stein wrote a meditation for the prioress at her request. We share the final section of the meditation where Edith presents a striking response to the age-old complaint that God doesn't hear our prayers. "What right have we to be heard?" Edith asks. Her own answer is decisive: "The day on which God has unrestricted power over our hearts we shall also have unrestricted power over his."
9 August: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family at Breslau on October 12, 1891. Through her passionate study of philosophy, she searched after truth and found it in reading the autobiography of Saint Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptized a Catholic and in 1933 she entered the Carmel of Cologne, where she took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was gassed and cremated at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942, during the Nazi persecution, and died a martyr for the Christian faith after having offered her holocaust for the people of Israel. A woman of singular intelligence and learning, she left behind a body of writing notable for its doctrinal richness and profound spirituality. She was beatified by Saint John Paul II at Cologne on May 1, 1987 and canonized in Rome on October 11, 1998; the following year he proclaimed St. Teresa Benedicta a Co-Patroness of Europe.
Quote of the day, 28 December: St. Edith Stein
The Crib of the Child is surrounded by martyrs: There are the innocent children, the babes of Bethlehem and Juda, who were cruelly slaughtered by the hands of brutal hangmen. What does this mean?
9 August: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
The world is in flames: do you wish to put them out? Contemplate the cross: from his open heart, the blood of the Redeemer pours, blood which can put out even the flames of hell.
Quote of the day, 10 July: A Rose in Winter
At the end of January we had to go to Maastricht about our affairs and to Amsterdam at the end of March
Quote of the day: 7 October
Rosa also has no toothbrush, no Cross and no rosary
The Transverberation of St. Teresa of Jesus — Discalced Carmelite Friars
Pauline Reinach gave to Edith her copy of St. Teresa’s The Book of Her Life
Quote of the day: 26 August
A visible sensory image of the glowing love that pierced her heart
Sponsa Christi: What Edith Stein Taught Me About the Mystery of Spiritual Motherhood — Dawn Eden Goldstein
Video of the address delivered by Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein to the Edith Stein Guild at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, August 3, 2019
Quote of the day: 21 July
May I ask you for a memento to our holy Father (St.) Elijah
Quote of the day: 10 July
We continue to lead our lives calmly
Quote of the day: 23 June
I allow myself to recoup courage before the tabernacle
Quote of the day: 2 June
The Fall... was rooted in a disturbance of social justice
Marie du jour 2020: 26 May
The kingdom of God began on earth when the blessed Virgin spoke her “Be it unto me"
Quote of the day: 21 May
Dear Gertrud von le Fort, I received your dear letter of Ascension Day
Marie du jour 2020: 18 May
The Virgin praying alone in the hidden, silent room
Quote of the day: 1 May
She ascribed her healing to him
Quote of the day: 21 April
Sr. Benedicta answered, "Like the Bride of the Lamb."
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