After Jesus Christ, doubtless at the distance that there is between the Infinite and the finite, there is one who was also the great praise of glory of the Holy Trinity. She responded fully to the divine election of which the Apostle speaks: she was always “pure, immaculate, and without reproach” in the eyes of the thrice-holy God.
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
Last Retreat, Fifteenth Day
John William Waterhouse (English, 1849 – 1917)
Oil on canvas, 1914
Private collection
Andreagrossman / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
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