{"id":8394,"date":"2025-08-08T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2025-08-10T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:03:51","slug":"saint-edith-stein-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-edith-stein-3\/","title":{"rendered":"St Edith Stein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"766\" data-attachment-id=\"3707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/saint-edith-stein\/attachment\/aug9-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?fit=764%2C766&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"764,766\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;neo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1628494626&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aug9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?fit=625%2C627&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?resize=625%2C626&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3707\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aug9.jpg?resize=624%2C626&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Divine Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For by doing what God demands of us with total surrender of our innermost being, we cause the divine life to become our own inner life. Entering into ourselves, we find God in our own selves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His<\/strong><br><strong>by means of the Church\u2019s liturgy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On the question of relating to our fellowman \u2014 our neighbor\u2019s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divine Life For by doing what God demands of us with total surrender of our innermost being, we cause the divine life to become our own inner life. Entering into ourselves, we find God in our own selves. God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in Hisby means of the Church\u2019s liturgy. 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