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Some additional quotes from Elizabeth of the Trinity and those who wrote about her:
Jean La France:
“Too often we speak of prayer as an activity apart from life, as if contemplative prayer does not have a deep bond with the rest of our existence. To the extent that we allow ourselves to become divinized, our lives essentially become lives of faith, hope, and charity. Life becomes a conti...
Hey there friends!! Scroll all the way down past the notes to download and listen......
Some additional quotes from Elizabeth of the Trinity and those who wrote about her:
Jean La France:
“Too often we speak of prayer as an activity apart from life, as if contemplative prayer does not have a deep bond with the rest of our existence. To the extent that we allow ourselves to become divinized, our lives essentially become lives of faith, hope, and charity. Life becomes a continual prayer, and our thoughts are united to the truth of God himself We substitute God’s point of view for our own, and charity transforms and divinizes our natural way of loving. Thus grafted onto the heart of God, people’s hearts love God, the world,others and themselves with a love that participates in God’s love.”
“Her only wish was to become an extension of Christ’s humanity”
“The secret of her rapid growth in holiness was her awareness of the Divine Indwelling in the most intimate center of her soul. She knew that a soul, sanctified by grace is in God’s presence. The blessed Trinity was actively present in her soul, filling her with new life, drawing her more deeply into communion with God.”
Father Philipon-
“God had given her the mission of bring souls within thier inner-most selves so that they might become aware of the divine riches of their baptism.”
Elizabeth:
“Since our Lord dwells in our souls, his prayer is ours. I want to be in constant communion with his prayer, taking my place like a small vessel at its source, at the fountain of life, so that I can then communicate it to souls, letting those torrents of infinite charity overflow.”
“Divine Master, may my life be a continual contemplative prayer; may nothing, nothing at all distract me from you; neither my occupations, nor pleasures, no suffering-may I be engulfed in you. Take my whole being, may Elizabeth disappear, may there remain only Jesus.”
“My whole exercise is to enter within and to lose myself in those who are there. I feel God so alive in my soul; I only have to recollect myself to find him within me. This is what constitutes all my happiness.”
(When asked what her favorite spiritual book was)...”I don’t have a favorite book. I prefer the soul of Christ, as it reveals all the secrets of the Father who is in heaven.”
“The presence of God is so good. It is there, in my deepest self, in the heaven of my soul, that I love to find him, since he never leaves me. God in me, I in him, that is my life. My happiness in life is the intimacy within, with the hosts of my soul”
“I no longer want to live my own life. I want to be transformed into Jesus Christ, so that my life may be more divine than human so that when the Father bends over to see me, he might recognize the image of the beloved in in whom he was well pleased.”
“Oh consuming fire, Spirit of love, arise in me so that there may occur in my soul a sort of incarnation of the Word. May be for Christ another humanity in which he renews all his mystery.”
“Abide in me. The Word of God is the one who gives this command, who expresses this will. Abide in me, not for a few moments, a few hours that pass by, but abide in me in a permanent and habitual way. Abide in me, pray in me, adore in me, love in me, suffer in me, work and act in me. Abide in me in your dealings with anyone and anything, always entering more deeply in me.”
“Such is Christ’s last wish, his supreme prayer before he returns to his Father. He want us to be there also where he is, not only during eternity, but already in time, which is eternity begun...the Trinity is our dwelling place, our “home” the Father’s house [within us], which we must never leave”
“I am asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the presence of God in you of which I have spoken; you can believe my doctrine for it does not come only fro me. If you read the gospel according to St. John you will see that at every moment, the Divine Master insists on this commandment. Abide in me and I in you. And again the beautiful that was the beginning of my letter “Those who love me: My Father will love them, and we will come to them, and make our home with them.”
“Each minute is given to us that we may become more rooted in him"
Elizabeth used the following words and phrases repeatedly: “Impact” “Echo” “Vibration” “Penetration” “Imprint” “Consume” “Abide”. Let them resonate in your heart today.
My favorite resources on Elizabeth:
Always Believe in Love: Selected Writings of Elizabeth of the Trinity
Give Peace to My Soul: By Jean La France
(Another excellent one that is unfortunately out of print is...
Elizabeth of the Trinity: The Charism of Her Prayer by Jean La France)
The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volumes I and II by Sister Althea Kane
Two Sisters in the Spirit (Elizabeth of the Trinity and St. Therese of Lisieux) By Hans Urs Von Balthasar
