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Friends of the Rosary,

Every month of August, we honor the two martyrs of the holocaust of Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Teresa Benedicta.

Today, August 9, is the memorial day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942), also known as St. Edith Stein.

Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), she became an influential philosopher, lecturing at major German universities.

A brilliant intellectual and doctorate in philosophy, she converted in 1922 and entered the Discalced Carmelites, captivated by the autobiography of Teresa of Avila, taking the name Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

After reading my life of Teresa of Avila, Edith Stein exclaimed: “This is the truth!”

She was arrested by the Nazi regime in 1942, along with all Catholics of Jewish extraction, and transported by cattle train to the death camp of Auschwitz, along with her sister Rosa, also a Catholic. She died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942.

Pope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta in 1987 and canonized her in 1998.

Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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