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“I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity

“Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, His exceeding Love.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity

“Abyss calls to abyss." It is there in the very depths that the divine impact takes place, where the abyss of our nothingness encounters the Abyss of mercy, the immensity of the all of God. There we will find the strength to die to ourselves and, losing all vestige of self, we will be changed into love.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity, vol. 1

“Remain in Me." It is the Word of God who gives this order, expresses this wish. Remain in Me, not for a few moments, a few hours which must pass away, but "remain . . ." permanently, habitually, Remain in Me, pray in Me, adore in Me, love in Me, suffer in Me, work and act in Me.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity, vol. 1

“Because I love My Father, I do always the things that are pleasing to Him." Thus spoke our holy Master, and every soul who wants to live close to Him must also live this maxim. The divine good pleasure must be its food, its daily bread; it must let itself be immolated by all the Father’s wishes in the likeness of His adored Christ. Each incident, each event, each suffering, as well as each joy, is a sacrament which gives God to it; so it no longer makes a distinction between these things; it surmounts them, goes beyond them to rest in its Master, above all things.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity, vol. 1

“It seems to me that I have found my Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God, and God is [in] my soul.3 The day I understood that, everything became clear to me. I would like to whisper this secret to those I love so they too might always cling to God through everything,”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity, vol. 2 (featuring Her Letters from Carmel)

“May my life be a continual prayer, a long act of love.”
― Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

“It is the law of this life: sacrifice and joy go side by side”
― St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“Quotidie morior.”42 “I die daily.” I decrease,43 I renounce self more each day so that Christ may increase in me and be exalted; I “remain” very little “in the depths of my poverty.” I see “my nothingness, my misery, my weakness; I perceive that I am incapable of progress, of perseverance; I see the multitude of my shortcomings, my defects; I appear in my indigence.” “I fall down in my misery, confessing my distress, and I display it before the mercy”44 of my Master.”
― Elizabeth of the Trinity, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity, vol. 1 (featuring a General Introduction and Major Spiritual Writings)