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“To think that God calls us by our vocation to live in this holy light!” writes St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. “I would like to respond to it by living on earth as the Blessed Virgin did.”
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity is fascinated by the Virgin’s solitary contemplation: “In what silence, what recollection, what adoration she must have been wrapped in the depth of her soul.”
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Our growth in silent prayer leads us from “thinking much” to “loving much,” as St. Teresa of Avila says. Thus, the next stage of prayer “means focusing a loving gaze on Jesus,” writes Antoine-Marie Leduc, o.c.d.
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The right method for prayer is “one that will allow us not to miss the moment when the Lord passes by,” writes Antoine-Marie Leduc, ocd; our focus is to “welcome what is happening deep within.”
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Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes for the last time to Père Gonsalve Vallée, her Dominican spiritual father, that “next year I will celebrate your feast with St Dominic in 'the inheritance of the saints in light'.” This letter is a testament to his spiritual guidance over the course of six years.
On 14 May 1919, St. Teresa of the Andes wrote, "I'm now in Carmel eight days. Eight days of heaven. I feel divine love in such a way that there are moments when I believe I'm unable to endure it..."
Bishop Silvio José Báez leads us in a reflection on St. Teresa as a teacher of prayer, who told us that the Gospels helped her to pray, leading her to a personal meeting with Jesus the Teacher.
Oh, how sweet your presence will be to me, you who are the supreme good!... I will not rest until I rejoice in your arms.
Let theologians learn from Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity to make use of the truths of dogma in order to be recollected in God
God pays little attention to your oratories and places arranged for prayer if through your desire and the delight you take in them you become attached...
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.
What does it matter to the soul... whether it feels or does not feel, whether it is in darkness or light, whether it enjoys or does not enjoy.
“Virgo fidelis”: that is, Faithful Virgin, “who kept all these things in her heart.”
Rather than a pedagogy Teresa’s is a true “mystagogy” of prayer
The spiritual tradition of Carmel comes to our rescue
Imitate the silence of Saint Joseph
She benefitted by the first Lent of the triennium to safeguard recollection in the house
Mercy should put the brake on indignation
Acts that formerly helped the soul now hinder it
All for you and nothing for me
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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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