Edith Stein
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Edith Stein
Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, OCD, was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to the Roman Catholic Church and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth12 October 1891
CountryGermany
religious light order
Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.
soul may shelter
The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
desire crosses chosen
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
hands
Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.
needs world
The world doesn't need what women have, it needs what women are.
letting-go morning giving
Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day's work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.
night hands looks
And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.
realizing
Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
accepting
Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
flames order wind
The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds... empty of itself, in order that extraneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call.
women growth cherish
Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal yearning.
christian christian-inspirational knows
When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
silent responsible
Those who remain silent are responsible.
order world spirituality
the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.