In what silence, what recollection, what adoration she must have been wrapped in the depth of her soul in order to embrace this God whose Mother she was. My little Guite, He is in us. Oh! let us keep very close to Him, in that silence, with that love of the Virgin;
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
Letter 183 to her sister Guite
22 November 1903
William Henry Margetson (British, 1861–1940)
Oil on canvas, 1895
Victoria Art Gallery
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.
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