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Jews, Judaism & Israel, History of a People: Episode 31 (top secret playlist available below) In my public work, St. Teresa Benedicta is my closest friend after whom I strive with all my heart to follow and imitate in every way possible, especially in “becoming all things to all men” so that I can bring one single soul one single step closer to the “one thing necessary”, i.e. Apostoli Viae, or at least perseverance in Mental prayer. * In every public intellectual work (especially her speeches), St. Teresa Benedicta approached an intellectual topic so that she could change the subject to the “one thing necessary” - the mystical prayer tradition of the Church, practiced by all the saints, but explicated by the Carmelites. * She was Benedictine but Carmelite. She was Augustinian yet Thomist. She was a Jewess yet cleaved to her Messiah, the King of the Jews. She suffered with her suffering people instead of renouncing this identity and separating herself from them. She was a person of unity and truth. * I am doing penance for my past sins by following her and attempting - in some small way - to imitate her. * St. Teresa Benedicta, by her whole life and glorious martyrdom, answers the Jewish Question in our time Holy Virgin Martyr of our times - pray for us! 1. What the Jewish question is NOT 2. Origins of the Phrase “Jewish Question” 3. The Jewish Question is Essential to Christianity 4. St. Teresa Benedicta answers the Jewish Question TOP SECRET JEWISH QUESTION PLAYLIST BELOW:
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