Novena To Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Aka Saint Edith Stein - Martyr of Auschwitz)

Repeat the following Novena prayers every day for 9 consecutive days.

Prayers of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

O Prince of Peace, to all who receive You,
You bright light and peace.
Help me to live in daily contact with You,
listening to the words You have spoken and obeying them.
O Divine Child, I place my hands in Yours;
I shall follow You.
Oh, let Your Divine life flow into me.

I will go unto the Altar of God.
It is not myself and my tiny little affairs that matter here,
but the great sacrifice of atonement.
I surrender myself entirely to Your Divine will, O Lord.
Make my heart grow greater and wider,
out of itself into the Divine Life.

O my God, fill my soul with holy joy,
courage and strength to serve You.
Enkindle Your love in me
and then walk with me
along the next stretch of road before me.
I do not see very far ahead,
but when I have arrived where the horizon now closes down,
a new prospect will open before me
and I shall meet with peace.

How wondrous are the marvels of your love,
We are amazed, we stammer and grow dumb,
for word and spirit fail us.
 

Prayer to Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Lord, God of our fathers,
you brought Saint Teresa Benedicta
to the fullness of the science of the Cross
at the hour of her martyrdom.
Fill us with the same knowledge;
and, through her intercession,
allow us always to seek after you,
the supreme truth, to remain faithful until death
to the covenant of love
ratified in the blood of your Son
for the salvation of all men and women.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Dear Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
child of the Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur, daughter of Abraham,
bride of Christ, seeker of truth,
scholar of the Church,
handmaid of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
servant of the Suffering Servant,
presence of mercy, victim of victimiser,
embracer of the Cross of Christ-like love,
Martyr of Auschwitz, imitator of Jesus,
conquerer of evil, friend of God, Edith,
please pray for me.
Please intercede for this petition of mine.

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Amen.

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Saint Edith Stein, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
pray for us.

Saint Edith Stein, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
pray for us.

Saint Edith Stein, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross,
pray for us.