One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
EDITH STEINThe limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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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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We will always find fundamentally the compulsion to become what the soul should be.
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Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, maternal yearning.
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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Who can sleep on the night that God became man?
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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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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The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
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The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.
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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 Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the Kingdom of God within us; gives us pure lips, and a pure heart with which to glorify his holy name.
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Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day’s work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.
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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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