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

I come to you by passing through the pierced Heart of the Mother of Sorrows.

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
Letter 312 to Madame Anthès

Note: The envelope has been preserved, postmarked Dijon, “9–18, 1906, at 8 P.M.” Baroness d’Anthès had just lost her daughter, Mme. de Maizières, and received this consoling note from St. Elizabeth. We can assume that Letter 313 to Mme. de Sourdon (the deceased woman’s sister) was sent the same day. St. Elizabeth shared a close friendship with the de Sourdon family—indeed, one of the saint’s final letters was a spiritual testament to Mme. de Sourdon, written less than two weeks before Elizabeth’s own death.

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.

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