Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr
Optional Memorial · White · 9 August
In August
About this day
Edith Stein, born to a Jewish family in Breslau, was a philosopher who entered the Church in 1922 and became a Carmelite nun, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Arrested by the Nazis in the Netherlands, she died a martyr at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942, and was canonized in 1998.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Mon 9 Aug 2027 — Year B · I
- Mon 9 Aug 2027 (optional)
Music
Mass
- Aug 09 – St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – Propers (Voice & Organ) [9 10 AUGUST organ 071223] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)
- Aug 09 – St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – Vespers (Organ) [008.09.23. VESP. Ben. Cross. ORG] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- Aug 09 – St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – Vespers [VESP. 9 Aug 2023. St. Teresa B. Cross. WED II. x] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr
- Common of Commons to Votive Mass – Holy Angels – Propers (English & Latin) [Gradual Saints. Outside PT. 2016] Details
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] Details
- Common of Martyrs – Entrance, Communion (Organ) [15. Common of Martyrs. organ. 10.11.19,,] Details
- Organ Propers, Book 20: Common of Commons to Psalms and Tones (Organ) [20. Offertory. 1936-2164. 01.08.20] Details
- Common of Martyrs – Second Vespers (Organ) [Common of Martyrs. Easter. II Vespers. organ. MAG. 2016] Details
From the Common of Virgins: One Virgin
From the Missal
The Missal takes this day’s antiphons from the Common of Martyrs: A Virgin Martyr, or the Common of Virgins: One Virgin.