Today is the memorial of this saint, born and more well-known as Edith Stein, philosopher, Jewish convert to Catholicism, Carmelite nun, killed at Auschwitz.

There is an abundance of material available on the Web related to St. Teresa Benedicta, of course. A few links:

A relatively brief introduction to her life from Crisis Magazine:

Another

A chronology of her writings

From America Magazine

A more lengthy life from a Carmelite site

Fr. Z reproduces a dialogue between Ambrose and Augustine, written by the saint.

From a homily by D. Mark Daniel, O.Cist, of Connecticut and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome:

Today¹s liturgy places the impassioned prayer of Esther on the lips of Teresa Benedicta in Auschwitz. ³As a child I was wont to hear from the people of the land of my forefathers that you, O Lord, chose Israel from among all peoples, and our fathers from among all their ancestors, as a lasting heritage, and that you fulfilled all your promises to them. Be mindful of us, O Lord. Manifest yourself in the time of our distress.³(Est 4:3, 12). This canticle of Esther occurs in our cursus for the Divine Office at Lauds on Saturday of the second week; on Saturday of the first week, the canticle of Judith occurs in the same place. This was done designedly. On Saturday ‹ Shabbat ‹ the day marked by the presence of the Virgin Mary, we pray with her in the inspired words of Israel¹s holy women.

How can we who were born in the century of the Holocaust, not be moved by this daughter of the Synagogue and of the Church? As we celebrate her martyrdom today, we are mindful that the Sacred Body and Precious Blood of Jesus offered and received in this Eucharist are Jewish flesh and Jewish blood. In the Eucharist, the anguished prayer of Esther is assumed into the prayer of the crucified and forsaken Jesus. In the Eucharist, Jewish and Gentile Christians enter together into the ³adoration in spirit and in truth² (Jn 4:24) revealed by Christ. In the Eucharist, Christ¹s promise of ³a spring of water, welling up to eternal life² (Jn 4:14) is wondrously fulfilled. The force of that torrent is capable of extinguishing every bitterness, of overcoming every horror, of quenching every thirst.