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.
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.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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Those who remain silent are responsible.
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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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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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul ‘prays in us with unspeakable groanings’.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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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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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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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.
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We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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