Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
In a letter from 1903, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity commends a special childhood friend “to all our saints, and very particularly to our holy Mother Teresa and to Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus.” She also includes musical references, which had a special meaning for Elizabeth and her friend because of the many long music sessions they shared in their youth.
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For the feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 September 1943, Père Jacques spoke of the Mary’s virginity that “wins her new graces, which enable her ever more consciously to realize her role as a total virgin.” This quote is Père Jacques at his best.
At the beginning of the novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to her great friend and spiritual companion, Canon Angles: "please consecrate me to the Blessed Virgin, for she, the Immaculate One, gave me the habit of Carmel..."
God fills my being to the brim with floods of His immensity. I drown within a drop of Him whose sea-bed is infinity....
For the feast day of her prioress in 1902, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote: "Infinite Being! Depth unsoundable! Delighted, lost in Your Divinity — O Trinity, God thrice-immutable, We see Yourself in Your own clarity."
Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to her beloved Abbé Chevignard in 1903, "To think that God calls us by our vocation to live in this holy light! What an adorable mystery of charity! I would like to respond to it by living on earth as the Blessed Virgin did, 'keeping all these things in my heart'..."
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity conveys to a friend the consolation that she finds in knowing that the judge of the living and the dead is the savior who always dwells within her and within each one of us, loving and forgiving.
He wants to be my peace so that nothing can distract me or draw me out of “the invincible fortress of holy recollection.” It is there that He will give me “access to the Father” and will keep me as still and as peaceful in His presence as if my soul were already in eternity.
Each one of us is invited to a personal friendship with Jesus. Teresa of Avila speaks about prayer as friendship. We can always remain with our friend Jesus and find our joy in Him, because He rejoices in us.
Only one thing will I ask of you, since the rest will be given to me and you will give it to me in addition: what I ask is for Love to be able to Love
“It is by virtue of this immense love” that we are drawn into the depths of the “intimate sanctuary” where God “imprints on us a true image of His majesty.”
I will look very often at this precious picture and will unite myself to the soul of the Virgin
In those silent hours of prayer, the Holy Spirit inflamed Mary’s heart and swept her up into the bosom of the triune God
There is one who was also the great praise of glory of the Holy Trinity
“Virgo fidelis”: that is, Faithful Virgin, “who kept all these things in her heart.”
His will is that we should be established in Him, that we should live where He lives, in the unity of love
O my God, Trinity Whom I adore, help me to forget myself entirely
We can remain in God’s presence, however busy we are, however we feel
Listen to St. Paul again who will give you a program of life.
I want to live a life of heaven, as Elizabeth says
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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