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continuation of the text by P. Redempta M. Valabka O.Carm.

One evening (April 30, 1933) a university professor entered the cathedral in Münster with a radical decision...

A glimpse into the prayer of the three Carmelite sisters

further excerpts from the writings of Sister Mary of St. Teresa

The text is a written reflection on a joint meditation on three excerpts from the works of Carmelite authors...

(Memoirs of Edith Stein)

On October 11, Pope John Paul II will inscribe Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, born Edith Stein, into the list of saints. Her life is a path of great desire and the search for truth.

Continuation of the text by P. Redempta M. Valabka O.Carm.

continuation of the text by P. Redempta M. Valabka O.Carm.

True love for oneself can only be understood based on love for God: we must love our neighbor – as we love [i] ourselves – for the sake of God...

For Teresa, just as for Pope John Paul II, Mary means living and realizing the gospel...

If we look into the guides of spiritual life written in past centuries, as well as in more recent times, we find discussions about the enlightenment by the Holy Spirit and about its gifts, but not about its person...

The role of the Holy Spirit in the life of prayer has usually been overshadowed in Christian writings, just as other aspects of the Spirit's action in authentic Christian life have been overshadowed...