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St. Teresa of Jesus’“Prayer to Redeem Lost Time”
(St. Teresa of Jesus, from Carmel of Alba de Tormes) “Prayer to Redeem Lost Time” “O my God! Source of all mercy! I acknowledge Your sovereign power. While recalling the wasted years that are past, I...
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August 9th – Feast of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
“Born in Breslau, Germany, murdered in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, Poland, Edith Stein dedicated her life to a pursuit of truth leading from her roots in Judaism, via adolescent agnosticism to...
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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: “In the Heart’s Quiet Dialogue with God”
The work of salvation takes place in obscurity and stillness. In the heart’s quiet dialogue with God the living building blocks out of which the kingdom of God grows are prepared, the chosen...
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“I Will Remain With You”, a poem by St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross wrote this poem that expresses the depth of her relationship with Christ. Here are the final stanzas of her poem, which make for a wonderful meditation. I Will...
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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross -Solitary Dialogue with God as the Prayer...
“See how the offertory, communion, and the praise of God [in the Divine Office] are internally related. Participation in the sacrifice and in the sacrificial meal actually transforms the soul into a...
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August 9th – St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – 2nd reading from her Proper...
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) – 2nd reading from her Proper Office for the Divine Office for the Discalced Carmelites: Divine Office – Matins (Office of Readings) – Second Reading –...
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St. Teresa Benedicta: Carrying the Cross of Christ, Part 1
The sight of the world in which we live, the need and misery, and an abyss of human malice, again and again dampens jubilation over the victory of light. The world is still deluged by mire, and still...
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St. Teresa Benedicta: Carrying the Cross of Christ, Part 2
(Following on from the previous post…) Thus, when someone desires to suffer, it is not merely a pious reminder of the suffering of the Lord. Voluntary expiatory suffering is what truly and really...
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Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Martyr – To Auschwitz
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...
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Carmelite Saints Writing’s on “The Exaltation of the Cross “
St Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart “Since nature resists good, even though the spirit may be willing, I resolve to enter upon a continual warfare against self. The arms with which I shall do...
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More Carmelite Saints Writing’s on “The Exaltation of the Cross”
St. Teresa of the Andes ‘Sufferings are transformed by faith. The important thing is not to concentrate on the external. We should examine the source from which things are born, and faith will make...
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