Light Love Life: A Look at a Face and a Heart, Elizabeth of the Trinity

by Conrad De Meester (Editor)

This marvelous book back in print after an absence of twenty-five years invites the reader to meet Elizabeth of the Trinity in selections from her own writings and in the more than seventy photos that span her short but luminous life.

Since her death in 1906, Elizabeth of the Trinity Elizabeth Catez of Dijon, France has drawn countless men and women to a deeper relationship with God through her laser-sharp focus on the mystery of the divine indwelling in the human person. In our frenetic, fast-paced and constantly wired world, the message of this young Carmelite nun is more relevant than ever. She shares with us her secret - not only that God loves us, but loves us to the point of making the center of our being another heaven the place where God dwells, always present, always accessible and longing for intimate relationship with us.

From the pouting toddler hugging her doll to the talented young pianist, from the style-conscious socialite to the radiant contemplative nun, this photo album gives us Elizabeth as she was. It invites us to know her better, and to make her secret, Gods indwelling presence, our own.

Genres: Spirituality

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Father Conrad De Meester, OCD, a Carmelite priest from Louvain, Belgium, is the author of numerous works on the spiritual masters of Carmel: Thérèse of Lisieux, Laurent of the Resurrection, and Elizabeth of the Trinity. In particular, it was he who compiled the critical edition of the Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity for Les Editions du Cerf. He has two titles to his name published in English: With Empty Hands: The Message of Thérèse of Lisieux (St Paul Publications Australia, 1982) and St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Life, Times and Teachings (ICS Publications, Washington, DC, 1997). The Power of Confidence is a revised and updated edition of the masterpiece which won him his well-deserved reputation when it was first published as a doctoral dissertation twenty-seven years ago.

Reviews

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a pictorial of the life of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun who died at the young age of 26. Her writings are so beautiful and they are placed here and there in this book.
It is a little treasure.
Pray for us, St. Elizabeth!

[林 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt as though I was glancing through a scrapbook of the life of Sr Elizabeth. Many pictures and captions made the reading experience easy.

[Harry Allagree · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really a "coffee table book", but a beautifully done portrayal in quotations & photos of the Carmelite mystic, Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity. She was a woman of immense musical talent, poise & charm, who also struggled with a strong temper most of her short life. Afflicted by Addison's disease after she became a Carmelite, she died at 26. If one reads her comments closely, you see that underneath the sweet image of "the good nun" she was a woman of inner steel!