Stained Glass Flowers-Little Accounts of the Miraculous

From the life of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

(Known in the world as Edith Stein)

Edith Stein was born into a German Jewish family in 1891. A gifted student, she excelled in literature and languages and had a great love for poetry. When she was twenty years old she entered the University of Breslau where she studied Philosophy.


While in Frankfurt, she visited the Catholic cathedral and observed a woman enter the church, kneel down, and pray. This made a deep impression on Edith.


Later when visiting friends she needed to occupy herself while the couple went away. She chose a book from their library: St. Teresa of Avila's Autobiography. It is said she read the entire book without a break. When she was finished, she remarked, "This is the truth." The following morning she bought a Catholic catechism and a missal. This began her conversion to the Faith. Her feast day is August 9.

Excerpts from The Science of the Cross by Edith Stein. Introduction by Kieran Kavanugh, OCD.





Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS