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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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The day before she died, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity foresaw her death: “It is our Lady, full of light,” she said, “who will take me by the hand to lead me into heaven.” Thank you for joining our novena!
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Elizabeth summed up her heavenly calling thus: “My mission will be to draw souls into interior recollection, by helping them to go out from themselves.”
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In her song of praise to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, Elizabeth exclaims that it is “God in us and we in him.” For Elizabeth, the Eucharist is “heaven on earth.”
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Elizabeth Catez of the Trinity was born in 1880 in the diocese of Bourges. In 1901 she entered the Discalced Carmelite monastery of Dijon. There she made her profession of vows in 1903 and from there she was called “to light, to love, and to life” by the Divine Spouse in 1906. A faithful adorer in spirit and in truth, her life was a “praise of glory” of the Most Blessed Trinity, present in her soul and loved amidst interior darkness and excruciating illness. In the mystery of divine inhabitation, she found her “heaven on earth,” her special charism, and her mission for the church.
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A good Teresian Carmelite, St. Elizabeth has her own concept of how “Martha and Mary” blend together: while we are in action, “the soul can remain buried in its contemplation.”
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“I believe that the secret of peace and happiness is to forget oneself,” St. Elizabeth says. St. Paul explains: “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed… persecuted, but not forsaken.”
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St. Elizabeth quotes St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians, “set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died,” before she exclaims: “O blessed death in God!”
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“In the unity of the same faith and love, we'll find in God those dear departed ones who have gone on ahead of us,” writes St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. “Never have I felt them so present!”
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St. Elizabeth defines her title, “Praise of Glory” as “a soul that gazes on God;” she also uses terms like reflector, bottomless abyss, and crystal. St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians provides the original context.
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“I have found my heaven on earth,” Elizabeth explains, “because Heaven is God, and God is in my soul.” St. Paul explains that Christ, who descended to earth, ascended “far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.”
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“He dwells in me—and I in Him,” Elizabeth writes to a priest. “I have only to love Him and let myself be loved.” St. Paul prays that we may we strengthened in our inner being as we are “being rooted and grounded in love.”
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