The main topic

 Through His death and resurrection, Christ embraced all of humankind in His Divine Mercy. In rising from the dead, He scored the definitive victory over sin and death.

“After my conversion,” states André Frossard, “all was joy and simplicity: there was God, bountiful joy, and an ocean of light and delight. I was spellbound, filled with a tremendous gratitude toward the immensity of merciful Beauty.” 

Saint Edith Stein was one of the most outstanding figures of the European philosophical and cultural elite of the twentieth century. An uncompromising search for the truth led her from the depths of atheism to the heights of sainthood. In 1942 she suffered a martyr’s death

at Auschwitz. In 1998

she was canonized by Pope John Paul II and declared

patroness of Europe

The love of St. Edith Stein shimmers with a great range of hues. Those searching for truth are struck by its devotion to the truth, those longing for love by the sheer wisdom of this love, and those seeking rest from conflict, find comfort in its idea of reconciliation. It is in this idea of reconciliation that its creativeness and ability to bear fruit reside. The idea was born deep in St Edith’s heart, when, after her conversion, she discovered a new quality of life, one able to concentrate all its power in the spiritual “now” which is rooted in love. According to St. Edith: “In order to become real, love must always be a surrendering of the self. In love, life reaches its highest fulfillment.” Love begins to taste eternal life in the midst of time. It is therefore a foundation that the vicissitudes of life cannot destroy; on the contrary, it is a foundation upon which the soul may build joy and the courage to reach beyond its own self, its own pain.