Sacrificial Lives

Here are a few lines I found on the net about today’s saint, French Carmelite nun St Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906).  From reading St. Paul, her great scriptural mentor, Sister Elizabeth discovered her vocation. She would be a ‘Praise of Glory‘ or Laudem Gloriae, praising God dwelling within her offering a ceaseless Sanctus.  ‘God dwells within you, do not leave Him so often,‘ she advised. To another she wrote, ‘It is wonderful to recall that, except for the vision of seeing God, we possess God as all the Saints in Heaven do. We can surely be with Him always and no one can take us away from Him. He dwells in our souls!’  She often referred to the Blessed Trinity as ‘my Three’.’ [courtesy of catholicireland.net]

St Elizabeth had something in common with the German Carmelite Hermann Cohen (1820-1871) – born in Hamburg, French by later adoption.  Both were highly talented musicians who made the sacrifice of musical careers for love of Jesus.  Both were called to consecrate themselves wholly to Him in Carmel.  In our time the harpist and soprano Mary O’Hara (born 1935) made a similar sacrifice, entering Benedictine monastic life in 1962 – though she had to leave after twelve years for health reasons.  The greater the talent, the greater the sacrifice may be if God calls, but such examples are given to all of this for our inspiration.

Intercessions

Pope Leo as he recovers from his operation for cancer.

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Theresa K, Elena

Ivy – sick child

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (in recovery)

Illness:  Katy Keeling, Noreen

David OCDS – housebound

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly