THE FEAST OF ST BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, O'CARM.
FEAST OF ST BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, OCARM.
THE GOOD NEWS:
"A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him,
and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you?
Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured.
Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we not drive it out?”
He said to them, “Because of your little faith.
Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17: 14 - 20).
Saturday 9th August 2025 in the 18th Week in Ordinary Time is the feast of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. O'Carm. (1891 - 1942). Virgin & Martyr. Polish.
Teresa was born Edith Stein of Jewish parents and converted to the Church after reading the books of St Teresa of Avila.
Some years after her conversion to the Catholic Church, she followed St Teresa of Avila into the Carmelite Order.
Edith Stein was a well established philosopher in the universities in Germany. The Gestapo arrested her on August 2nd 1942 and sent her to Auschwitz where she died in the gas chambers on August 9th.
August is dedicated to honoring the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Mary says "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph."
For Prayers of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Litany, Promises of Mary to those who say the Holy Rosary, etc click the link below:
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