St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross—Mary Is Beside Jesus Not for His Sake but for Ours. - Catholic Digest

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross—Mary is beside Jesus not for his sake but for ours. - Catholic Digest

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Union with the crucified Christ

Today is August 9, the Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. We read at today’s Mass, “Moses said to the people: ‘Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or a…

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, born Edith Stein on October 12, 1891, in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), was a brilliant philosopher, a devoted convert to Catholicism, and a martyr of the Holocaust. Raised in a devout Jewish family, Edith showed exceptional intellectual abilities from a young age. She pursued studies in philosophy and […]