Aug

9

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family at Breslau on October 12, 1891. Through her passionate study of philosophy she searched after truth and found it in reading the autobiography of St. Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptized a Catholic and in 1933 she entered the Carmel of Cologne where she took [...]

Aug

9

Purity of Heart

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“The better purity of heart is now realized by us, the more our
contemplation in heaven will be full and splendid.”
“I even maintain that already now, purity of heart is an imitation of
God’s own life, a supreme perfection and blessedness already in this
life.”
~Denis the Carthusian

Aug

9

Blessed John of Rieti

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Blessed John lived in the first half of the fourteenth century. He has a sister who is also “blessed,” Blessed Lucy of Amelia. They were members of the Bufalari family from the Umbria region of Italy. John felt a call to religious life. He was attracted to the order of St. Augustine and wanted to [...]