Later, looking back on her life, she wrote: "My longing for truth was a single prayer". On 1 January 1922 Edith Stein was baptized. It was the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus, when Jesus entered into the covenant of Abraham. Edith Stein stood at the baptismal font, wearing Hedwig Conrad-Martius' white wedding cloak.

The Hail Mary Prayer (in Latin) Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, lesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. Title: The Hail Mary Prayer (in Latin) Created Date:

Then, with hands joined, he bows profoundly before the altar and quietly says the prayer Munda cor meum (Cleanse my heart). He returns to the middle of the altar and with both hands raises the chalice a little, and says quietly, Benedictus es, Domine (Blessed are you, Lord God). Then he places the chalice on the corporal and, if appropriate

Morning Prayer (Lauds) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm. INTRODUCTION; O God, come to our aid. Benedictus; The Messiah and his forerunner. The gates of heaven were thrown open for Saint Stephen, who was the first follower of Christ to receive the martyr's crown.

Benedictus Dominus Deus Luke 1:68-79. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, * for he hath visited and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us * in the house of his servant David, As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, * which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy

In sum, Benedictus is a simple, linear, daily companion resource for living in the heart of our Catholic Tradition. We call it "The Traditional Catholic Companion." Why the Traditional Latin Mass? In the words of Pope Benedict XVI:"What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too"(Summorum Pontificum).