{"id":2487,"date":"2014-08-09T12:39:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2025-09-28T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:10:17","slug":"nice-homily-edith-stein-st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"Nice homily: (Edith Stein) St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/span> I&#8217;d forgotten that the miracle that led to her canonization occurred in Boston. I know people who know the Melkite Catholic priest whose daughter was cured. You can read a bit about it in her wiki entry linked below. And here is the wiki entry to the priest whose daughter was cured. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmanuel_Charles_McCarthy\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy<\/a><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith Stein in 1920<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e201a3fd43b18d970b-250wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11833\" title=\"Edith_Stein\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fascinating person who someday may be named a Doctor of the Church. A philosopher and convert from secular Judaism. Yesterday was an &#8220;optional memorial&#8221; on the Catholic Calendar. Here&#8217;s her wiki entry <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edith_Stein\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">Edith Stein<\/a> and-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edithsteinguild.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Edith Stein Guild<\/a>, based in NY. Here&#8217;s the quote they have on their home page. &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201dGod is truth.&nbsp; All who seek truth seek God,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>whether this is clear to them or not.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B27Lxy4QSmg\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: I&#8217;d forgotten that the miracle that led to her canonization occurred in Boston. I know people who know the Melkite Catholic priest whose daughter was cured. You can read a bit about it in her wiki entry linked below. And here is the wiki entry to the priest whose daughter was cured. Rev. Emmanuel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11834,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions\/11834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}