Patron Saint Edith (Patron of Europe)

Prayer Reading:

God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. 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 rasons 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. Then you will be able to rest in Him -- really rest -- and start the next day as a new life.

-Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Memorial: August 9th

Also Known as: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Edith Stein

Born: October 12th 1891 in modern day Poland

Died: August 9th 1942. Gassed in the Aushwitz nazi concentration camp

Additional Patronages: Loss of Parents, Martyrs, World Youth Day

Beautified: May 1st 1987 by Pope John Paul II in Germany

Canonized: October 11th 1998 by Pope John Paul II

Why she is venerated by the Holy Roman Catholic Church:

Doctor of Philosophy, who converted to Catholicism from Judaism after seeing the zeal of the Faith of her Catholic friends

Carmelite Nun who took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

Teacher

Remarkably insightful writer

Inspired and converted many in Europe

Martyred by the nazis in the Auschwitz concentration camp

Saint Edith Medals

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