The 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.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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Edith Stein (10)
Birth: | 12th October, 1891 |
Death: | 9th August, 1942 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Nun, Philosopher, Teacher, Writer |
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Edith Stein was born in Breslau, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. She was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to the Roman Catholic Church and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church. In 1916, she received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Freiburg with a dissertation under the philosopher Edmund Husserl, Zum Problem der Einfühlung.
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