The Novena was composed by Elias Friedman OCD, founder of the Association of Hebrew Catholics (AHC), who recommends it to all devotees of Saint Edith. The most suitable time to observe it would be from August 1 to August 9, in annual remembrance of the days spent by our saintly martyr in the death train, accompanied by her sister, Rosa, and many other Hebrew Catholics, on the way to the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
We present the Novena to the public, hoping to further devotion to our holy Carmelite and to give Hebrew Catholics a model to imitate. Edith Stein offered herself, like Jesus, our Lord and Messiah, as a victim of expiation for the redemption of her people and of mankind.
May our efforts hasten the day when all Israel shall proclaim: Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.
David Moss, President
Association of Hebrew Catholics
(Ed. The material above was taken from the Novena.)
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