August 9
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

virgin and martyr, patroness of Europe · 1891 – 1942
Whoever seeks the truth is seeking God, whether he knows it or not.
— Letter

A Jewish philosopher and atheist who read the life of St. Teresa of Ávila in one night and said in the morning: “This is the truth.” She became a Catholic and a Carmelite. The Nazis murdered her in Auschwitz. A sincere search for truth leads to God.

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