![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For over twenty years he served the Church in Northern Colorado where he joined and eventually served as dean of the founding faculty of Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver. is an associate professor and the academic dean of Saint John’s Seminary in Camarillo as well as the academic advisor for Juan Diego House of Priestly Formation for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Discerning Hearts “The Letters of St. Elizabeth’s letters For other episodes in the series visit Special thanks to Miriam Gutierrez for her readings of St. The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel (pp. Would you tell my dear Mama that my soul is one with hers and that I love her with all my heart.Ĭatez, Elizabeth of the Trinity. I pray fervently for them, and I am always all yours don’t you feel that? I kiss my dear Françoise whom I love so much and your sweet Marie-Louise. Will you let me enter there and, with you, adore Him who dwells there? I am asking God to show you the sweetness of His presence and to make your soul a sanctuary where He can come to be consoled. During this Lent, so divine in Carmel, my soul will be especially united to yours. for her mission is to pray unceasingly, and you know how much that holds true for you! She is so HAPPY, with a happiness that God alone knows, for He is its sole Object, a happiness that closely resembles that of Heaven. Do not doubt Him, dear Madame, abandon everything to Him, as well as to your little friend. Père Didon says “any destiny that doesn’t have its calvary is a punishment from God.” Oh, then, if we knew how to surrender ourselves totally into the hands of Him who is our Father. What painful memories-they are the bond, as it were, that unites our souls. I will never forget how good you were to the poor little one who thought she was about to lose her mother. You remember, dear Madame, the distressing hours I have known myself. I understand this distress so well, and God above all understands it! ![]() When you write to her, would you tell her that we are praying fervently in Carmel and that I never once attend the Divine Office without commending to God the health of the dear patient who causes so much concern to those who love him. Before your letter I received a few lines from Madame de Maizières, a cry from the heart my soul has really responded to, I assure you. ![]()
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