You're listening to Catholic Sprouts, the daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.

Well, hello, sprouts. Today is August 9th, 2018, and it is the feast day of Teresa

Benedicta of the cross, also known as Edith Stein. Now, this week on Catholic Sprouts, we have been

talking about the little way to holiness from St. Teres.

We learned that we can ride an elevator to heaven, which are the very arms of Jesus Christ.

We've learned that we are called to be beautiful flowers that bloom and give glory to God.

We've also learned that we might not be called to do amazing great things on this earth,

but we are called to do small things with great love.

Now, today is the feast day of St. Edith Stein.

Perhaps you know about Edith Stein. Edith Stein lived during

World War II, and she died during World War II. Edith Stein was born a Jew in Germany. Through a lot of

struggles, Edith Stein found her way into the Catholic faith, and she fell in love with our

beautiful faith and with our amazing Savior. Eventually, Edith Stein joined a convent of Carmelite nuns.

Now, as you know, Edith Stein was a Jew, and even hidden in a Carmelite convent living as a nun, she was not safe.

The Nazis eventually came and took her along with her sister, and she eventually died at a concentration camp.

She died a martyr for the faith, and she left behind some

amazing writing to help the rest of us understand what it really means to be a woman and a child

of God. Now, what Edestine did during her life might seem very big. She died for her faith in Nazi Germany. However,

Edestein, Saint Edestein, took many little steps that led her to that great sacrifice for her

faith. And this is another important part of the little way. We might indeed

be called to do great, tremendous things for our faith, but we will always be called to do small,

hidden things for our faith first.

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