The center of all hearts

 

Photo credit: Rueters

"In the heart of Jesus, which was pierced, the kingdom

of heaven and the land of earth are bound together. 

Here is for us the source of life.  This heart is the heart

of the Triune Divinity, and the center of all human hearts…

It draws us to itself with secret power;

it conceals us in itself in the Father’s bosom and

floods us with the Holy Spirit.  This heart, it beats

for us in a small tabernacle where it remains

mysteriously hidden in that still, white host.”

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

(Edith Stein)

Germany ~ 1891-1942

Convert from Judaism - Carmelite nun

Martyr at Auschwitz

FEAST DAY - AUGUST 9

 

"Learn from St. Therese to depend on God alone and serve Him with a
wholly pure and detached heart. Then, like her you will be able to say
‘I do not regret that I have given myself up to Love’.’’ - St Teresa Benedicta


Sta Teresa Benedicta, ora pro nobis!