Thanks to my mother's love of St Benedicta of the Cross - Edith Stein... I was filled with joy to see that today is her feastday! She was a woman of deep thought and great intelligence, yet she used these gifts to seek the Truth. Here is her story in a nutshell...
"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 St Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptised 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 Pope John Paul II at Cologne on May 1, 1987, and canonized at Rome twelve years later."
My mother has a "message" about women, and she found a trememdous speaker and sharer of this Truth in Edith Stein/St Benedicta! My mom is a writer and has been published many times over the years. Her passion is helping women to find their happiness in the proper order in marriage - a truth that is revealed to us in the garden in the creation story. She wrote a children's story in which my girls meet ST Benedicta! I am away from home, and am at Nancy's in the Cities, or I would try to share some of it today. I need to go for the day... John is wrapping up his tests for seminary today, so please join me in praying for him. Also for his brother in law, Joseph, and his safety!
Jesus, we place John and this call in your hands - you are in control and we thank and praise you for his healing and renewed faith! Jesus, we trust in you. St Edith Stein, intercede for us at the foot of your spouse and Savior, Jesus Christ! Amen and Halleluia
Bless-bless, Barb
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