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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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Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, always a spiritual director to her own mother, offers this word of wisdom in a letter written on this date in 1906: “The Master called the hour of his Passion ‘His hour’... When faced with great suffering or a tiny sacrifice, oh, let’s think right away that ‘this is our hour’...” Elizabeth faced great suffering in that moment of her life; was she encouraging herself, too?
"There is no assurance in God's revelations," writes St. John of the Cross. He cites examples from the lives of Saints Peter and Paul where they both need guidance and correction in their ministries.
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.
I beg you, oh, mark everything with the seal of love! It alone endures.
My beloved Antoinette, I leave you my faith in the presence of God, of the God who is all Love dwelling in our souls.
This should be the attitude of every soul that enters into its interior courts to contemplate its God... it “falls down in a faint” in a divine swoon before this all-powerful Love
How all the saints remain in the shadows when we look at the Blessed Virgin’s light!
The entire Trinity rests within us
The evening of my life has arrived
How serious life is!
He wants me to be another humanity for Him in which He can still suffer for the glory of His Father
God was so silent that St. Paul reproved Peter
Listen to St. Paul again who will give you a program of life.
The episcopal ministry has been a very special grace
Discalced Carmelites witness to the many virtues of love every day
Continue always to pray with me, that Jesus may absorb and possess us.
He is present to us in the Most Blessed Sacrament
All for you and nothing for me
Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to You as Your prey
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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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