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.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 9
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 8
In the heaven of our soul let us be praises of glory of the Holy Trinity, praises of love of our Immaculate Mother. One day the veil will fall, we will be introduced into the eternal courts, and there we will sing in the bosom of infinite Love.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 7
Oh, how we ought to pray for the dying! I would gladly spend my eternity beside them, to help them, for there is something frightening about death!
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 6
I want to send you a little note from my soul for I am anxious for you to know that in the Father’s House I will pray especially for you.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 5
My beloved Antoinette, I leave you my faith in the presence of God, of the God who is all Love dwelling in our souls.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 4
You will have battles to fight, my little brother, you will encounter obstacles on the path of life, but do not be discouraged, call me.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 3
Courage, let us look at the Crucified and be conformed to that divine image.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 2
‘Let yourself be loved more than these’ is your vocation. It is in being faithful to it that you will make Me happy for you will magnify the power of My love.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 1
I leave you my devotion for the Three, to "Love". Live within with Them in the heaven of your soul.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Introduction
In this novena, we will ponder nine of her personal messages that reflect her last words: "I am going to light, to life, to love!"
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 9
St. Teresa concludes that when we sell out to God's will, we become his slaves, just as he became a slave through obedience for our sake; so she says that it matters not how much time we spend praying or working — obedience is key.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 8
True union with God, St. Teresa says, is union of our wills with His. She states that lack of obedience is an indicator of the presence of self-will and self-love. "Make your will one with God's. This is the union that I desire and would want for all of you."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 7
St. Teresa speaks plainly today: in order to acquire the treasure of perfect conformity to God's will "there is no better way than to dig and toil in order to excavate from this mine of obedience."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 6
St. Teresa proposes obedience as the solution to the "interior battle" between our self-will and God's will for us: "it means making Him Lord over the free will He has given us."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 5
Having stated previously that "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience," today St. Teresa intends to explain why, in her opinion, obedience "is the quickest or best means for reaching this most happy state."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 4
St. Teresa drives to the heart of her teaching on prayer, obedience, and perfection: "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 3
St. Teresa reflects on the example of the layman she met and how "the fulfillment of the duties of obedience and charity" led to an amazing "improvement in spiritual things". Her conclusion is that "the Lord walks among the pots and pans" to help us.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 2
Telling the story of a layman she knows, St. Teresa explains that we can practice obedience and the trials and distractions that result do not disturb our prayer because the Lord repays us well.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 1
In matters touching on obedience He doesn't want the soul who truly loves Him to take any other path than the one He did: obediens usque ad mortem.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Introduction
As we observe the 450th anniversary of St. Teresa's return to Avila under obedience to the Apostolic Visitor, we meditate on her teaching concerning obedience: "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience"
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