Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Six days before Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection died on 12 February 1691 at the monastery on Rue de Vaugirard in Paris, he wrote to a Blessed Sacrament Nun: “I hope for the merciful grace of seeing him in a few days.”
On December 13, he asked in the morning what day it was and when he heard it was Friday, he inquired frequently what hour it was: after all, he was waiting to say Matins in heaven.
We still heard her murmur in a kind of chant: "I am going to light, to life, to love!" These were her last intelligible words.
Pray for me, help me prepare for the wedding feast of the Lamb... My Master urges me on, He speaks to me of nothing but the eternity of love.
We learn about the great physical suffering of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity in the final three weeks of her life as she lost her senses of taste and smell and experienced acute inflammation.
I was suffering a lot, I was thinking that soon perhaps earth would no longer be for me, for truly my poor body is very sick, and I said to myself: "You are the happy one."
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to a special friend on the first Sunday of October, playing matchmaker barely one month before her death. Are we surprised?
En fin soy hija de la Iglesia… “Finally, I am a daughter of the Church.”
Two days before her death, she said to me once when we were alone: "My child, the hour of my death has come."
"I wouldn’t hesitate to answer, ‘My God, I want to die at eighty, for I’m not seeking my own glory but simply Your pleasure’."
Padre Juan, cheer up, trust in God and remember the deeds we did and the labors we endured in the beginnings of this religious life
When the Blessed Sacrament was brought into her cell, the Holy Mother raised herself without anyone’s help
"My child, the hour of my death has come."
How do I die? I will never know how to die!
Earthly air is missing, when will the good Lord give me heavenly air?
I like Lourdes water better, it's more pious
See, that's an image of me, my life is hanging on by a tiny thread.
My brother died the Sunday after the feast of St. John
You will be sorry for not having used this time in the service of God
February 12, 1691 Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection died in the embrace of the Lord
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