Novena to St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
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Day 1
Oh, may the Master reveal to you His Divine presence, it is so suave and sweet, it gives so much strength to the soul; to believe that God loves us to the point of dwelling in us, to make Himself the Companion of our exile, the Confidant, the Friend of every moment.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 2
Oh, give yourself without ceasing to His immense love, It is the consuming Fire that divinizes all. In the center of your soul, in a profound silence, Beneath the anointing of the Holy One recollect yourself often; Thus you will arrive at that resemblance, You will be no longer yourself, but only Christ.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 3
It seems to me that nothing speaks more of the love that is in the Heart of God than the Eucharist: it is union, consummation; it’s He in us, us in Him, and isn’t this Heaven on earth? It is Heaven in faith while waiting the face-to-face vision so much desired.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 4
The Master called the hour of His passion “His hour,” the one He had come for, the one He invoked with all His desire! When a great suffering or some very little sacrifice is offered us, oh, let us think very quickly that “this is our hour,” the hour when we are going to prove our love for Him who has “loved us exceedingly,” as Saint Paul says.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 5
If anyone were to ask me the secret of happiness, I would say it is to no longer think of self, to deny oneself always. That is a good way to kill pride: let it starve to death! You see, pride is love of ourselves; well, love of God must be so strong that it extinguishes all our self-love. St. Augustine says we have two cities within us, the city of God and the city of me. To the extent that the first increases, the second will be destroyed.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 6
It seems to me that the attitude of the Virgin during the months that elapsed between the Annunciation and the Nativity is the model for interior souls, those whom God has chosen to live within, in the depths of the bottomless abyss. In what peace, in what recollection Mary lent herself to everything she did! How even the most trivial things were divinized by her! For through it all the Virgin remained the adorer of the gift of God! This did not prevent her from spending herself outwardly when it was a matter of charity; the Gospel tells us that Mary went in haste to the mountains of Judea to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Never did the ineffable vision that she contemplated within herself in any way diminish her outward charity.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 7
This Queen of virgins is also Queen of martyrs; but again it was in her heart that the sword pierced, for with her everything took place within! Oh! How beautiful she is to contemplate during her long martyrdom, so serene, enveloped in a kind of majesty that radiates both strength and gentleness. She learned from the Word Himself how those must suffer whom the Father has chosen as victims, those whom He has decided to associate with Himself in the great work of redemption, those whom He “has foreknown and predestined to be conformed to His Christ,” crucified by love.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 8
“Dwell in me.” It is the Word of God who gives this order, who expresses this desire. Dwell in me, not for a few moments, a few hours that must pass, but “dwell…” in a manner that is permanent, habitual. Dwell in me, pray in me, adore in me, love in me, work, act in me. Dwell in me to present yourself to all, penetrate ever more deeply in this profundity. It is truly there the “solitude where God wants to draw the soul in order to speak to it,” as the prophet sang.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
Day 9
I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls by helping them to go out of themselves to cling to God by a wholly simple and loving movement, and to keep them in this great silence within that will allow God to communicate Himself to them and transform them into Himself.
O Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, In your great love for God, You were always close to your friends in their needs. Now that you are in heaven before the face of the Lord, Intercede with him for the intentions we now commend to you.
Teach us, in faith and love, To live with the Holy Trinity In the depths of our heart. Teach us to radiate the love of God to others In our daily lives, as you did In order to be a Praise of His Glory.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be…
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