Aug 9 - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

What did Edith witness in a cathedral that made her wonder about her faith?

• A priest baptize a baby boy.

• A woman who walked in and knelt to pray.

• The cross in the cathedral which looked like it was bleeding.

• A woman praying to God as if she were talking to him and were friends.

When Edith stayed up reading about St. Teresa de Avila, what did she realize?

• That her longing for truth had been a prayer to God all along.

• That her longing for truth was actually a calling to be a nun.

• That she needed to give up her suffering to God.

• That her life would mean nothing if not given completely to God.

Why did Edith feel like she was Jewish again after becoming Catholic?

• She knew that she could never truly leave her first religion.

• She knew that Jews were the same as Catholics.

• She knew that Jesus was also a Jew.

• She knew that Jesus was the promise of the Jewish religion.

Why did the Carmelite sisters sneak Teresa Benedicta of the Cross out of Germany to a convent in the Netherlands?

• Her life was in danger because Hitler was capturing Jewish people.

• Her life was in danger since she was Jewish by blood.

• That was where God had told her she needed to be.

• That was where she could officially become a Carmelite nun.

Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was caught and sent to ___(1)___, where she died offering her ___(2)___ up to God.

• 1. Germany

  2. life

• 1. Auschwitz

  2. life

• 1. a convent

  2. only possessions

• 1. Netherland

  2. only possessions