Who can sleep on
Who can sleep on the night that God became man? Edith Stein
Quotes for All
Who can sleep on the night that God became man? Edith Stein
I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I had returned to God. Edith Stein
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’. Edith Stein
There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman. Edith Stein
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 Stein
Woman’s soul is present and lives more intensely in all parts of the body, and it is inwardly affected by that which happens to the body; whereas, with men, the body has more pronoucedly the character of an instrument which serves them in their work and which is accompanied by a certain detachment. Edith Stein
As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor’s soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love. Edith Stein
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. Edith Stein
Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help. Edith Stein
An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible. Edith Stein