Comments on: Pray to Edith Stein. It couldn’t hoit!

By: Rae

Rae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:55:56 +0000

This post struck me the other day (I love Edith Stein) but I wasn’t sure what to say. I thought you were just being yourself in saying that “she looks crabby and irritated” and immediately set off looking for pictures that I thought might meet your demanding standards. I couldn’t find any, so I settled for reading the first part of the novena and puzzling out “what the connection could be between Edith Stein and employment.”

Apparently Dear Teresa Benedicta likes skeptics who don’t even really pray because I got a job with no effort after looking since November. Or maybe she was just worried that I’d get desperate and turn to St. Josemaria.

In any case, thanks for passing this along with your usual flair. And I’ll let you know if I ever find a picture of Edith Stein that I think will meet your standard of the sort of person one would go to for help.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:34:05 +0000

I pray novenas pretty sparingly — mostly because I’m lazy and/or forgetful. But I have to say….I prayed one last month and my prayer was answered beautifully on day six. It was crazy cool.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:51:07 +0000

Hello, just wanted let you know that the Vision of Hope link didn’t work! The error page says the server could not be found.

I couldn’t find any help via Google, either.

By: CV

CV — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:43:43 +0000

I am convinced that St. Josemaria Escriva has come through for me on the employment front also

I was hired for my ideal full-time job (which brings college tuition benefits for my kids) even though I am 50 years old and had been out of the workforce for 13 years.

St. Josemaria and Bishop Alvaro Portillo, gracias and ora pro nobis.

By: Simcha Fisher

Simcha Fisher — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:48:04 +0000

Yeah, I guess that’s the novena. So you see what I mean.

By: Jennifer (Conversion Diary)

Jennifer (Conversion Diary) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:44:19 +0000

What a cool story. Some friends of ours recently found work after seven months of unemployment after doing a novena to St. Josemaría Escrivá.

Also, thanks for the shout-out to my cousin (Br. Claude), Kristen! I got to tour his studio when I visited him at Mt. Angel a few weeks ago. You should see some of his other work — AMAZING.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:57:51 +0000

St. Teresa Benedicta has done many miracles for me…and my website is under her patronage. She also wrote a Pentecost novena that you can find in Edith’s bio linked at my website. http://www.mysecretismine.com

There’s an amazing iconographer, Br. Claude Lane, at Mt. Angel Abbey whose icon of St. Edith is just perfect. http://www.mountangelabbey.org

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:47:48 +0000

My qualms about “pray this, get that” schemes have become more pronounced after living in or near Atlanta for a while. There’s more than a couple “prosperity gospel” operations there, and the “name it and claim it” (a.k.a. “blab it and grab it”) ethos is widespread. Hate doing anything that reminds me of that.

On the other hand, is it really better for me to *not* ask for help instead (which is all too typical of me)? Better to be needy than proud I think. So a novena to Edith Stein–for my fiancée who needs to find a teaching job–it is. Thank you for the inspiration.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:22:15 +0000

Thanks, Simcha, for this post. Your story confirms a hunch I’ve had about Teresa Benedicta: that she’s the sort of saint who will really kick in.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:46 +0000

Cool, Jews for Jesus has a Catholic sector! Is the Novena that text, and the few prayers at the bottom? That’s different. It sure is a good story, though.