St Benedicta of the Cross on her Carmelite vocation: 'I need
Carmel . . . with its perfection and way of perfection, Carmel with its purity,
its apostolate, its martyrdom; Carmel with its special love for the sacred
humanity of our Lord and its veneration of the Blessed Virgin without being
restricted to one of her states or mysteries.' After Edith Stein, Collected Works.
To read The History of Carmel - from the notes made by Edith Stein, please follow links below:
Part 1
Part 2
Photo of the entrance to Auschwitz camp where St Benedicta of the Cross was martyred. The sign above the entrance reads: 'Work makes free"
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