Quote of the day, 15 June: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

My dear little sister Germaine of the Trinity,

Your kind letter and your confidences have made me very happy.

I so love, when you lift the veil of your soul for me, to enter into that private sanctuary where you live completely alone with Him who wants you all for Himself and who creates a beloved solitude within you for Himself.

Refresh Him there, my little Germaine, by resting in Him; listen to all that is being sung in His Soul, in His Heart; it is Love, Infinite Love that envelops us and wants us to share even here below in all His beatitudes.

The entire Trinity rests within us, this whole mystery that will be our vision in Heaven: let this be your cloister. My little sister, it makes me so happy when you tell me that your life is spent there.

Mine too: I am “Elizabeth of the Trinity,” that is, Elizabeth disappearing, losing herself, letting herself be invaded by the Three; you can see that we are very close in Them, we are completely one, aren’t we? From morning to night I do everything with you, and I think of you as the true sister of my soul.

I commend you to all our saints, and very particularly to our holy Mother Teresa and to Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus…

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Letter 172 to Germaine de Gemeaux
20 August 1903

Note: Editor Conrad de Meester indicates that Germaine de Gemeaux and the Gemeaux family were friends of Madame Catez and her daughters, who would visit them over summer vacations at the Gemeaux chateau in the village of the same name. Germaine was eight years younger than Elizabeth. One day, with a very serious tone, Elizabeth asked eight-year-old Germaine what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I want to be a Carmelite!” Elizabeth rushed to tell her mother. Madame Catez, knowing that Madame Gemeaux was contrary to any such idea, promptly, firmly, and wisely told Elizabeth, “tais-toi” (be quiet).

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2003, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel, translated from the French by Nash, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Elizabeth poses at the piano in the chateau of Germaine de Gemeaux, 1893. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites (Used by permission).

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Does imagining the entire Trinity resting with you help you to pray more deeply?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

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Join us this Pentecost, 6/8, for Divine Service & God's gifts!

🕊️ 8:15 AM: Worship w/ Holy Communion (Livestream: https://holytrin.link/5f08w3)
📚 9:30 AM: Bible Study & Sunday School for all ages
🕊️ 10:45 AM: Worship w/ Holy Communion

Readings:

OT: Genesis 11:1-9
2nd: Acts 2:1-21
Gospel: John 14:23-31

Online Check-In: https://holytrin.link/HTLCCheckIn

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Quote of the day, 25 May: St. Teresa of Avila

In this seventh dwelling place, the union comes about in a different way: our good God now desires to remove the scales from the soul’s eyes and let it see and understand, although in a strange way, something of the favor He grants it.

When the soul is brought into that dwelling place, the Most Blessed Trinity, all three Persons, through an intellectual vision, is revealed to it through a certain representation of the truth.

First, there comes an enkindling in the spirit in the manner of a cloud of magnificent splendor; and these Persons are distinct, and through an admirable knowledge, the soul understands as a most profound truth that all three Persons are one substance and one power and one knowledge and one God alone.

It knows in such a way that what we hold by faith, it understands, we can say, through sight—although the sight is not with the bodily eyes nor with the eyes of the soul, because we are not dealing with an imaginative vision.

Here all three Persons communicate themselves to it, speak to it, and explain those words of the Lord in the Gospel: that He and the Father and the Holy Spirit will come to dwell with the soul that loves Him and keeps His commandments [cf. Jn 14:23].

Saint Teresa of Avila

The Interior Castle, VII, chap. 1, no. 6

Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Our featured image is an early portrait of St. Teresa of Avila by an unknown artist that prominently features the traditional banner bearing these words from Psalm 89:1, “Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo” (I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever). Image credit: Discalced Carmelites (Public domain)

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Do I live as someone in whom God truly dwells—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

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Join us at Holy Trinity this Sunday, May 18th, as we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

Here is the schedule for the day:

8:15 AM: Worship Service
(Livestream: https://holytrin.link/5e18w3)
9:30 AM: Bible Study/Sunday School
10:45 AM: Second Worship Service.

Readings: Acts 11:1-18, Revelation 21:1-7, John 13:31-35

Online check-in: https://holytrin.link/HTLCCheckIn

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Join us for Divine Service at Holy Trinity this Sunday, May 11th.

Schedule:

8:15am - Worship (Livestream: https://holytrin.link/5e11w3)
9:30am - Bible Study/Sunday School
10:45am - Worship

Online Check-In: https://holytrin.link/HTLCCheckIn

Readings for the day:

Old Testament: Acts 20:17-35
Epistle: Revelation 7:9-17
Gospel: John 10:22-30

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Quote of the day, 21 December: Père Jacques

The Virgin Mary, especially in the mystery of her visitation to her cousin Elizabeth, is the model for baptized Christians who carry the presence of Christ within them. Mary opens for us the paths of interiority and mission, as [the Servant of God] Père Jacques expressed in this sermon from May 1927, delivered to the faithful during the month of Mary:

“Mary spent delightful months of divine friendship as she carried Jesus. But we too, my friends, carry God within us. We can be certain that we possess the Good God living within us, as long as our souls remain in grace. (…) Oh, my friends, if this mystery could be revealed to your eyes! If your gaze could one day perceive the presence of the Good God in the very depths of your hearts, how your life would change, what a transformation in your entire being! Let us therefore resolve to cultivate the habit of thinking about the presence of God within us. We are bearers of God; the Good God lives in us. Oh, let our souls, from time to time during our days, gather in recollection for a moment—perhaps only a few seconds—to close our eyes, to descend within ourselves, and there, encountering God, the Good God, let us look upon Him with a kind smile and lose ourselves in Him in an affectionate embrace. Oh yes, may each hour of our lives bring us into greater intimacy with the divine guest who dwells within our souls. This will be our joy, our consolation. Mary will help us and will be our example.”

This awareness, so deeply rooted in Père Jacques’ heart, that every faithful baptized person carries Christ within, was present even during his seminary years, before he delved deeply into the teachings of the saints of Carmel. He wrote:

“One always and everywhere carries the Good God within, the Holy Trinity, who dwells in us through grace… Ah, yes, to live thus, within oneself, with the Good God everywhere, always—at the hotel, on the train, on the road, in the countryside, on the street!” (Letter, 14 January 1924).

Jean-Alexandre de Garidel, o.c.d.

Meditation for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (excerpt)
Carmelite Online Advent Retreat, 21 December 2014

Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: The Visitation was designed by Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520), who charged 300 scudi. He delegated the execution (c. 1517) of the painting to his assistant Giulio Romano; the landscape was entrusted to Giovanni Francesco Penni. The painting was commissioned by Giovanni Branconio, apostolic protonotary, on behalf of his father, Marino Branconio, for the family chapel in the church of San Silvestro in Aquila. In Marino’s choice of subject, the name of his wife Isabella, and that of his son Giovanni, must have been decisive. It was acquired in 1655 by Philip IV (1605-1665), who deposited it in the Monastery of El Escorial. It entered the Prado Museum in 1837. Image credit: Copyright ©Museo Nacional del Prado (Used by permission)

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Quote of the day, 20 December: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“If you knew the gift of God….” [Jn 4:10]. There is one who knew this gift of God, one who did not lose one particle of it, one who was so pure, so luminous that she seemed to be the Light itself: “Speculum justitiae.” One whose life was so simple, so lost in God that there is hardly anything we can say about it.

“Virgo fidelis”: that is, Faithful Virgin, “who kept all these things in her heart” [Lk 2:19]. She remained so little, so recollected in God’s presence, in the seclusion of the temple, that she drew down upon herself the delight of the Holy Trinity: “Because He has looked upon the lowliness of His servant, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed!” [Lk 1:48].

The Father bending down to this beautiful creature, who was so unaware of her own beauty, willed that she be the Mother in time of Him whose Father He is in eternity. Then the Spirit of love who presides over all of God’s works came upon her; the Virgin said her fiat: “Behold the servant of the Lord, be it done to me according to Your word” [Lk 1:38], and the greatest of mysteries was accomplished. By the descent of the Word in her, Mary became forever God’s prey.

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Heaven in Faith, Tenth Day, no. 39

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: The Annunciation by Andrea Solario (Italian, ca. 1465–1524), called Andrea di Bartolo, oil on wood, 1506. This artwork was recovered after World War II, retrieved by the Office des Biens et Intérêts Privés (OBIP) and destined to be returned to its rightful owner once they have been identified. Online records of all MNR (‘National Museums Recovery’) works can be found on the French Ministry of Culture’s Rose Valland database. Image credit: Louvre Museum via sailko / Wikimedia Commons (Some rights reserved)

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Quote of the day, 10 December: Thomas Merton

O God, My God! Why am I so mute? I long to cry out and out to Thee, over and over, and Thou art nameless and infinite. All our names for Thee are not Thy name, infinite Trinity.

But Thy Word is Jesus, and I cry the name of Thy Son and live in the love of His heart and believe, if He wills, He will bring me the answer to my only prayer: that I may renounce everything and belong entirely to the Lord!

Saint Theresa, Little Flower, never cease praying for me! 

J.M.J.T.

Thomas Merton

Part Three: St. Bonaventure’s, New York
5 December 1941

Note: Merton expert Fiona Gardner discusses Thomas Merton’s relationship with St. Thérèse of Lisieux in her 2012 article, “A Tremendous Experience”: The Influence of St. Thérèse of Lisieux on the Spirituality of Thomas Merton, which was published by the International Thomas Merton Society in its scholarly journal, The Merton Seasonal: A Quarterly Review. Thomas Merton was killed on 10 December 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Merton T & Hart P 1995, Run to the mountain: the story of a vocation, 1st edn, HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco.

Featured image: Father M. Louis (Thomas) Merton, O.C.S.O. is seen at his desk in the front room of his hermitage on the grounds of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Nelson County, Kentucky. In the background, a statue of St. Thérèse is illuminated by light streaming through a stained glass window of a French church. Image credits: Father Merton, Merton Center / Wikimedia Commons (fair use); St. Thérèse, Franck / Adobe Stock (Stock photo)

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Quote of the day, 30 November: Anders Arborelius, ocd

To pray is simply to realize and accept God’s presence to us and in us. It’s by no means reserved for those who live tranquil lives in monasteries—if we happen to believe that it’s so tranquil there.

Prayer ought to be the very breath of everyone who follows Jesus and believes in the Most Holy Trinity. We have to be very practical people if we want to live in God’s presence. We have to see His traces everywhere.

Cardinal Anders Arborelius, O.C.D.

Chapter 3, To Remain in the Holy Trinity

Arborelius OCD, A. 2020, Carmelite Spirituality: The Way of Carmelite Prayer and Contemplation, EWTN Publishing, Irondale, Alabama.

Featured image: A fruit vendor pauses to pray in the market in Cali, Colombia. From the photo series Caminando por el Centro de Cali – Serie Completa. Image credit: © Cindy Muñoz / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

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Scripture Reading: Ephesians 1:3–8

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.

St. Elizabeth Speaks: Heaven in Faith, no. 32

This is the measure of the holiness of the children of God: “to be holy as God, to be holy with the holiness of God” [cf. 1 Jn 3:3]; and we do this by living close to Him in the depths of the bottomless abyss “within.” “Then the soul seems in some way to resemble God Who, even though He delights in all things, yet does not delight in them as much as He does in Himself, for He possesses Himself a supereminent good before which all others disappear. Thus all the joys which the soul receives are so many reminders inviting her to enjoy by preference the good she already possesses and to which nothing else can compare” [St. John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle, 21:12]. “Our Father who art in Heaven…” [Mt 6:9]. It is in “this little heaven” that He has made in the center of our soul that we must seek Him and above all where we must remain [St. Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection, 28:5; Spiritual Canticle, 1:6].

Reflection: To Be Holy

We are called to a holiness that mirrors God’s own—a holiness born from remaining close to Him, “in the center of our soul.” St. Elizabeth urges us to seek God within, to rest in that “little heaven” where He dwells in us. What might it mean to practice His presence within us, cherishing it above all else? God invites us to a life of deep communion, where we find a joy that nothing else can match. Today, let’s embrace our call to be holy, grounded in His love.

Novena Prayer

O Saint Elizabeth,
in your great love for God,
you were always so close
to the needs of your friends.
Now that you are in Heaven,
before the Face of the Lord,
intercede with Him
for the intentions we entrust to you.

(Mention your intentions)

Teach us,
in faith and love,
to live with the Holy Trinity
in the depths of our hearts.
Teach us, like you,
to radiate God’s love
among all people,
in our daily lives,
so that we may become a praise of His Glory.

Our Father…
(pray slowly to God dwelling within you)

Glory be…
(three times, in praise of the indwelling Trinity)

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, pray for us!

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

All scripture references in this novena are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Don’t become discouraged and give up prayer, says St. John of the Cross. We offer varying novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as well as novenas to St. Joseph, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and St. Edith Stein.

Let us unite in prayer

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Scripture Reading: Philippians 3:8–14

I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

St. Elizabeth Speaks: Heaven in Faith, no. 28

All the intensity of St. Paul’s soul is poured out in these lines. The object of this retreat [or, “novena”] is to make us more like our adored Master and, even more, to become so one with Him that we may say, “I live; no longer I, but He lives in me. And the life that I now live in this body of death, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me” [Gal 2:20]. Oh, let us study this divine Model; His knowledge, the Apostle tells us, is so “excelling” [or, “surpassing”].

Reflection: Christ Has Made Me His Own

St. Paul’s desire to “know Christ” in every sense—His life, death, and resurrection—is echoed by St. Elizabeth’s call to unite ourselves fully with Him. We’re invited to let go of all that doesn’t lead to Him, to press on toward the “surpassing value” of knowing Christ intimately. What attachments could I release to make room for this deeper unity? To be “made one” with Christ is to let His life flow through ours, transforming our every action. Today, let’s keep our gaze on Him, our “divine Model,” drawing closer to His Sacred Heart.

Novena Prayer

O Saint Elizabeth,
in your great love for God,
you were always so close
to the needs of your friends.
Now that you are in Heaven,
before the Face of the Lord,
intercede with Him
for the intentions we entrust to you.

(Mention your intentions)

Teach us,
in faith and love,
to live with the Holy Trinity
in the depths of our hearts.
Teach us, like you,
to radiate God’s love
among all people,
in our daily lives,
so that we may become a praise of His Glory.

Our Father…
(pray slowly to God dwelling within you)

Glory be…
(three times, in praise of the indwelling Trinity)

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, pray for us!

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

All scripture references in this novena are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Don’t become discouraged and give up prayer, says St. John of the Cross. We offer varying novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as well as novenas to St. Joseph, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and St. Edith Stein.

Let us unite in prayer

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Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:17–18

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

St. Elizabeth Speaks: Heaven in Faith, nos. 24–25

“Be holy for I am holy” [1 Pet 1:16, citing Lev 11:44–45]. It is the Lord who speaks. “Whatever may be our way of life or the clothing we wear, each of us must be the holy one of God.” Who then is “the most holy”? “The one who is most loving, who gazes longest on God and who most fully satisfies the desires of His gaze.” How do we satisfy the desires of God’s gaze but by remaining “simply and lovingly” turned towards Him [cf. St. John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love, 3:33] so that He may reflect His own image as the sun is reflected through a pure crystal. “Let us make man in our own image and likeness”: such was the great desire in the Heart of our God. The form of the soul is God who must imprint Himself there like the seal on wax, like the stamp on its object. To “realize this ideal” we must “keep recollected within ourselves,” “remain silently in God’s presence,” while the soul immerses itself, expands, becomes enkindled and melts in Him, with an unlimited fullness.

Reflection: Reflecting His Own Image

To be holy is to allow God to leave His mark on us, as a seal imprints itself on wax. St. Elizabeth calls us to be a “pure crystal,” letting God’s image shine through us. Holiness doesn’t depend on our role or appearance; it’s about remaining inwardly turned toward Him. Today, consider: How do I allow God’s love to transform me? What might I let go of to become more transparent to His light? Our call is simply to be open, to let His presence reflect in us from “one degree of glory to another.”

Novena Prayer

O Saint Elizabeth,
in your great love for God,
you were always so close
to the needs of your friends.
Now that you are in Heaven,
before the Face of the Lord,
intercede with Him
for the intentions we entrust to you.

(Mention your intentions)

Teach us,
in faith and love,
to live with the Holy Trinity
in the depths of our hearts.
Teach us, like you,
to radiate God’s love
among all people,
in our daily lives,
so that we may become a praise of His Glory.

Our Father…
(pray slowly to God dwelling within you)

Glory be…
(three times, in praise of the indwelling Trinity)

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, pray for us!

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

All scripture references in this novena are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Don’t become discouraged and give up prayer, says St. John of the Cross. We offer varying novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as well as novenas to St. Joseph, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and St. Edith Stein.

Let us unite in prayer

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Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:24–27

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

St. Elizabeth Speaks: Heaven in Faith, no. 20

“We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us” [1 Jn 4:16]. That is our great act of faith, the way to repay our God love for love; it is “the mystery hidden” in the Father’s heart, of which St. Paul speaks, which, at last, we penetrate and our whole soul thrills! When it can believe in this “exceeding love” which envelops it, we may say of it as was said of Moses, “He was unshakable in faith as if he had seen the Invisible.” It no longer rests in inclinations or feelings; it matters little to the soul whether it feels God or not, whether He sends it joy or suffering: it believes in His love. The more it is tried, the more its faith increases because it passes over all obstacles, as it were, to go rest in the heart of infinite Love who can perform only works of love. So also to this soul, wholly awakened in its faith, the Master’s voice can say in intimate secrecy the words He once addressed to Mary Magdalene: “Go in peace, your faith has saved you.”

Reflection: To Repay God Love for Love

To repay God “love for love” means trusting deeply in His love, especially when we can’t feel it. St. Elizabeth shows us a faith that goes beyond feelings, resting in the assurance that God’s love is constant, even in trials. How might I live today with this unshakable faith, seeing each moment as an invitation to believe in His goodness? God asks only that we meet His infinite love with a heart that trusts—beyond doubt, beyond fear, resting in the mystery of His kindness.

Novena Prayer

O Saint Elizabeth,
in your great love for God,
you were always so close
to the needs of your friends.
Now that you are in Heaven,
before the Face of the Lord,
intercede with Him
for the intentions we entrust to you.

(Mention your intentions)

Teach us,
in faith and love,
to live with the Holy Trinity
in the depths of our hearts.
Teach us, like you,
to radiate God’s love
among all people,
in our daily lives,
so that we may become a praise of His Glory.

Our Father…
(pray slowly to God dwelling within you)

Glory be…
(three times, in praise of the indwelling Trinity)

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, pray for us!

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2014, I Have Found God, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Volume 1: Major spiritual writings, translated from the French by Kane, A, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

All scripture references in this novena are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America as accessed from the Bible Gateway website.

Don’t become discouraged and give up prayer, says St. John of the Cross. We offer varying novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as well as novenas to St. Joseph, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and St. Edith Stein.

Let us unite in prayer

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