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Quote of the day, 8 August: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

I really think that next year I will celebrate your feast with Saint Dominic in “the inheritance of the saints in light” [Col 1:12]; this year, I am recollecting myself once again in the heaven of my soul to celebrate a very private feast day with you, and I need to tell you that; I need also, Father, to ask for your prayer, that I may be wholly faithful, wholly attentive, and may ascend my Calvary as a bride of the Crucified.

“Those whom God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Divine Son” [Rom 8:29].

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Letter 304 to Père Gonsalve Vallée, O.P.
2 August 1906

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2003, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel, Nash, A (trans.), ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: The story of the Devil’s appearance to St. Dominic in the form of a monkey derives from a medieval legend, according to which the saint seized his tormentor and forced him to hold a lighted candle while he studied. St. Dominic released him only after the candle burned down and singed his fingers. This candle-illuminated scene is inspired by a famous lost masterpiece of antiquity. Antiphilus of Alexandria’s Boy Blowing on a Fire was renowned for its beautifully rendered effects of firelight. In St. Dominic and the Devil, Pietro della Vecchia’s oil on canvas painting makes deliberate reference to it and to his own celebrated ability to imitate earlier masters. This artwork was completed ca. 1630. Image credit: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (Public domain)

Quote of the day, 16 April: St. Teresa Margaret

She who is silent everywhere finds peace.

Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart

Sister Teresa Margaret’s veiling ceremony was April 7, 1766, almost a month after her profession. She still wore the white veil of a novice, which meant that the final seal remained, to complete officially—at least in outward appearance—her consecration.

The black veil, symbol of sacrifice and complete dedication, is placed on her head by the officiating priest, in the presence of her friends and relatives in the chapel, and once more Sister Teresa Margaret knelt before the open grille as Mass was celebrated.

On the altar lay the veil ready to be blessed during the ceremony, while the community sang the words Amo Christum: “I love Christ, into whose bridal chamber I will go….” Now the celebrant was moving toward the grille. “Veni Sponsa Christi,” he intoned, and the choir took up the words, singing the antiphon: “Come, bride of Christ, receive the crown which the Lord has prepared for you from all eternity.”

Sister Teresa Margaret rose from her knees and, standing in the middle of the choir, made her response: “Receive me, O Lord, according to thy word, and let not my expectations be confounded.”

Mother Victoria led her to the small Communion grille which stood open, and again she knelt. The priest approached, then extending his hands through the grating, placed the veil on her head, saying: “Receive the sacred veil, the emblem of holy reverence and continence; carry it before the judgment seat of our Lord Jesus Christ to gain eternal life and to live forever.”

Enveloped now in the large black veil which completely covered her face, Sister Teresa Margaret returned to the middle of the choir, standing before the large grating, and replied: “He has set His seal upon my countenance, so that I allow no other love but Him.”

Margaret Rowe

Chapter 13, Her profession

Rowe M 2003, God Is Love: Saint Teresa Margaret, Her Life, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: This detail of the portrait of St. Teresa Margaret was painted by Florentine artist Anna Bacherini Piattoli. She captured the image of the incorrupt saint during the weeks between her death and burial. St. Teresa Margaret was not yet 23 years old at the time of her death. The painting is venerated at the Monastery of St. Teresa of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Florence, Italy. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Quote of the day, 21 April: St. Edith Stein

A few months previously a young Cologne girl had entered the small novitiate at Lindenthal. Wide-eyed, she had observed Sr. Benedicta and all the happenings on her special day. Now she clung to Sr. Benedicta like a small trusting child and asked, “How does Your Charity feel?”

Sr. Benedicta answered in a tone that cannot be imitated: “Like the Bride of the Lamb.”

Sr. Teresia Renata Posselt, O.C.D.

Recalling Edith Stein’s profession on Easter Sunday, 1935
Carmel of Cologne-Lindenthal

Note: To her good friend Mother Petra Bruning, OSU, Edith wrote:

The Bridegroom sends you the little wreath of myrtle with which your love decorated him, him as well as the bridal candle, the candles on the table, the napkin, cutlery, etc. [from Edith’s temporary profession, 21 April 1935]. The Bride wore a wreath of white roses. I was very happy to hear where the adornments came from. Heartfelt thanks for them.

Posselt, T 2005, Edith Stein: The Life of a Philosopher and Carmelite, translated from the German by Batzdorff S, Koeppel J, and Sullivan J, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: A simple wreath of white flowers rests on rustic wooden planks, evoking the bridal crown worn by Edith Stein on the day of her temporary profession. Image credit: tab62 / Adobe Stock. Asset ID# 102178876. Licensed under Adobe Stock standard terms.

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Do I allow myself to be claimed by Christ with the joyful trust of a bride, wholly His and wholly loved?
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