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On Monday, June 8, 1891, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity received the sacrament of Confirmation from the bishop of Dijon. To mark this important day, we present our translation of her poem, "Pentecost," which includes the first mention of the Trinity in her writings.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity says that the Virgin Mary's constant prayer was, "Ecce, here I am, the servant of the Lord." Bishop Báez explains that this attitude of service means learning the Lord's way of life.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity lived to see the beatification of the Martyrs of Compiègne. Their story inspired her before she entered the monastery and now she was able to celebrate with her community.
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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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On 9 May 1906 St. Elizabeth wrote to her friend and guide, Canon Angles, with this message: “being immersed in the Trinity that was already my Heaven here below, fills my soul with immense joy.”
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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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St Elizabeth of the Trinity, overjoyed by the birth of her second niece, writes to her sister, Guite, “I recollect myself with you close to the little ones,” and sends a medal touched to the Infant of Jesus of Beaune.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity made her first Holy Communion on Sunday 19 April 1891. Always temperamental, her mother threatened to delay the event if her character didn't change for the better. Witnesses testify to her transformation.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity described for her family the 1903 Easter celebration in the Carmel of Dijon. “It seemed our Master was going to appear to us... as He once did to Mary Magdalene.”
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On 15 March 1899 after a conference at her parish's Lenten mission, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote, “I met a confessor like I have never found before, and I thank God. The priest found all the signs of a true vocation in me.”
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When a close friend was filled with anxieties before an operation, St Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote to encourage and console her friend: “I am asking God to ease them, to calm them Himself.”
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, a great disciple of St. Paul, describes the life of faith: "it matters little to the soul whether it feels God or not, whether He sends it joy or suffering: it believes in His love."
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Overflowing with joy after her religious profession in January 1903, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes: "I hope to receive the veil on the 21st for the feast of St. Agnes."
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Just as John the Baptist saw the Spirit come down from heaven and remain on Jesus, so St. Elizabeth of the Trinity begs the Spirit to come upon her and create "a kind of incarnation of the Word."
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Elizabeth of the Trinity was beatified on this day in 1984. As a tribute, we’ve translated her prayer, “Make me a martyr of your love,” along with comments from her biographer, Fr. Conrad de Meester, OCD.
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity explained to Canon Angles, “I live in thanksgiving.” What a blessed ideal to adopt today and everyday. Read this excerpt from her letter and discover the secret to her attitude of gratitude.
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In 1905 the novitiate in the Carmel of Dijon portrayed St Cecilia's martyrdom at recreation. St Elizabeth of the Trinity was in charge of the music and devised a clever way to add a soundtrack.
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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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St. Teresa of the Andes was profoundly moved by the writings of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. “I love her,” Teresa writes in her diary. “Although she was a saint, I will imitate her and be a saint.”
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s biographer, Conrad de Meester, OCD notes that on November 7th and 8th she kept almost constant silence, but you could still hear her say: "I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!"
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