Quote of the day, 11 January: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

My Mother, here is the Bridegroom!

He is inviting you to rest on His Heart. There you will hear what is being sung in the soul of the bride and what is rising from her heart to [the heart] of the beloved Mother who prepared her for the day of union.

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Letter 153 to Mother Germaine
11 January 1903

Written in pencil on a holy card presented in gratitude to Mother Germaine, who was the novice mistress who prepared Elizabeth for her religious profession on 11 January 1903. The holy card featured an image of St. John the Apostle resting his head on the heart of the Lord, with a chalice in front of them both. Scholar and biographer Father Conrad de Meester, O.C.D. has gathered and narrated the details of this important day for us in his book Rien Moins que Dieu, excerpts of which we have translated for our readers.

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2003, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel, translated from the French by Nash, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.