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Quote of the day, 21 January: Overflowing with joy after her religious profession in January 1903, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes: "I hope to receive the veil on the 21st for the feast of St. Agnes."

Oh! my little Aunts, how happy I am; here I am, the bride of Christ! I would like to speak to you about my profession, but, you see, it is something so divine, earthly language is powerless to repeat it. I had had very beautiful days before, but now I no longer even dare compare them with that day. It was a unique day, and I believe that if I found myself before God, I would not experience any…

St. Edith Stein Novena 2020 — Day 8: Edith's last task as a Carmelite was to write a tribute for the birth of St. John of the Cross in 1942; "a science of the cross can be gained only when one comes to feel the Cross radically."

READING

Dear Mother,

Once Y.R. [Your Reverence] has read the letter from [Father Johannes Hirschmann, S.J.] you will know his opinion. Now I would like to do nothing more at all about the matter of my stability. I put it in Y.R.’s hands and leave it to Y.R. whether to call on the Sisters, Pater Provincial, or our Father Bishop for a decision. I am satisfied with everything. A scientia crucis

Quote of the day: 5 July 1942, the Carmelite nuns of Le Pâquier, Switzerland vote to receive Edith Stein into the community

On Saturday, 4 July 1942, the Chapter nuns of Le Pâquier were assembled for a meeting at which the Reverend Mother Prioress proposed to them that Sister Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, in the world Edith Stein, a professed Sister of the Cologne Carmel who is at present in the Carmel of Echt in Holland, be received as a member of the community, either permanently or temporarily according to…