Over on the St. Agnes hymn thread, Mary Ann Carr Wilson asked for a St. Teresa Benedicta hymn. I don't know that this is what she had in mind, but it gave me an idea last night and I worked it out this morning. Thus I exhibit the lousiness of my Latin-learning and the greatness of my respect for this saint. I'm afraid there's some scansion and quantity problems, but I'm too sleepy now to see them. Going back to bed.

O filia Filiae Sion,
O lilium Lilii Carmel
Inter filis metallicis spinas,
O magna Edith Stein, martyr.

O atheorum intercessor,
Gasata in odium fidei!
In talionem episcopis,
Naziis necata tu es.

O tu discipula diligens,
O tu philosopha prudens,
Vivens scholastica sapiens,
Fidelum magistra moriens.

O Teresia Benedicta,
Europae Patrona invicta,
O, ora pro gentis adflictis,
O virgo cognominis Crucis.

A prose translation:

O daughter of Daughter Zion, (because she was Jewish)
O lily of the Lily of Carmel, (because she was a Carmelite, and the Virgin Mary runs that)
Among the thorns of wire, (ie, barbed wire and the Biblical "lily among thorns")
O Edith Stein, great martyr.

O intercessor of atheists, (because she had an atheist phase)
Gassed in hatred of the Faith!
In retaliation against the bishops,
You were killed by the Nazis.

O you diligent disciple,
O you prudent philosopher,
Living a wise scholar,
Dying a teacher of the Faithful.

O Teresia Benedicta,
Unconquered patron of Europe,
O pray for afflicted people, (or nations, or Gentiles, so it's a good word)
O virgin named "of the Cross".