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.
EDITH STEINOne could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.
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The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
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Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God’s infinity, unity and oneness appear to be broken into an effulfgence of manifold rays.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman – our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him.
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Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.
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Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.
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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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