REFERENCES

BACKGROUND

1……….L85© (CW2p11) 
2……….The mission ended on April 2nd 1899 and the
…………9 months to the start of the retreat Jan. 23rd
…………were not included in Update 4.  Elizabeth
…………entered Carmel on Aug. 2nd 1901 hence a
………… period of 28 months (loosely, 2 years).
3………..CW2p4,5
4………..PIT282
5………..PIT285
6………..PIT280
7………..MPA10
8………..’Le Jubile du T.R.P.Vallιe’, p.511  in
…………L’Annιe Dominicaine, Dιc. 1921
9………..PIT279
10………CW1p69©
11………CSH49
12………PIT288
13………PIT289
14………PIT287
15………PIT297
16………PIT287
17………PIT283
18………PIT303
19………CSHp.ix,x
20………MPA11,12
21………CSH6
22………CSH16
23………CSH106
24………CSH143
25………UVB14
26………CSH32
27………CSH69
28………CSH45
29………CSH143
30………CSH141
31………CSH124
32………CSH126
33………CSH131
34………CSH125
35………CSH40
36………CSH47
37………CSH116-134
38………CSH126
39………CSH24
40………CSH125
41………CSH126
42………CSH118
43………CSH33
44………CSH129
45………CSH122
46………CSH52
47………CSH117
48………CSH15
49………CSH141
50………CSH100
51………CSH121
52………CSH23
53………CSH14
54………CSH117
55………CSH81
56………CSH118
57………CSH119
58………CSH119
59………CSH33
60………CSH130
61………CSH125
62………’1870’ is based on Mother Germaine being 
………….aged 31 in Oct. 1901, – CW2p2
63………MPA13
64………CW1p37
65………CW2p4
66………CW1p37
67………CW1p37©; MPA13(footnote)
68………CW1p39; SofS9

ELIZABETH PRIOR TO CARMEL  1899 - 1901

69………PN7 (NI7 is OC899)
70………PG58
71………D16 (OC818)
72………D13 (OC816)
73………HMH60
74………S416; PG54
75………CSH31
76………’This Tremendous Lover’, M.E.Boylan,
………….Mercier Press, 1954, p.247
77………HMH60©; L60; L61; ESS8:18; PG58
78………PN9  (NI9 is OC901)
79………MPA23; PG173; HMH126
80………CW2p256; L295
………… Note: Elizabeth did not pray for a cure.
81………HMH54©
82………ESS14:44
83………D134; ESS37:148
84………L55; S68; PG57
85………HMH41
86………see the use of ‘martyrdom’ in WP.12.2
87………ESS12:39, 13:41
88………L: 28/40-2/44/47/49/50/53/54/56-9/61/68/
……………70/73/75-77
89………L40
90………HMH59©; L47; see also PN4, PN10
91………PN4-11 (NI 4-11 is OC895 – 902)
92………PN/HMH:  4/46; 5/47; 6/48; 11/57
93………HMH47
94………PN7
95………Mother Marie noted that Elizabeth’s prayer 
………….life was “quite simple and uniform and that 
………….the Divine Master was shaping her to His 
………….Will” [S417;PG54].
96………Fr De Meester notes that Elizabeth had 
………….copied extracts of Fr Vallιe’s 1897 retreat 
………….at the Dijon Carmel.  In L54 Elizabeth refers
………….to notes on a talk by Fr Vallιe which 
………….Marguerite Gollot had passed to her, and in 
………….L49 she mentions letters of Fr Didon which 
………….she had finished reading.
97………MPA18; L57
98………HMH58
99………L47
100…..…L51
101……..HMH64
102..……L54N2
103……..MPA10, 11, 47; HMH53
104……..S80
105……..MPA10
106……..see also HMH51
107……..MPA11
108……..DD139 (‘Auferstehn’ = Resurrection)
109……..P37; HMH8
110……..P47; HMH13
111……..PN15; HMH107; MPA53
………….P79 although about the Holy Trinity,
………….does not mark the meeting with 
………….Pere Vallee.
112……..MPA54
113……..P68 (OC984); D105 (OC861)
114……..L24
115……..ESS12:37, 38
116……..MPA4; HMH56
117……..S55; HMH59; L52
118……..HMH54©
119……..L37; L37N2; L38; HMH56
120……..HMH55
121……..L35; MPA7
122……..ESS12:35
………….L68 details a ‘bad night’ and having to 
………….stay in bed – ‘je suis toute dιtraquιe’.
123……..DD144  Quite possibly after talking with
………….Guite [see L91; L92], who realized that
………….Elizabeth could become seriously ill if 
………….she waited longer [see GSE23,24].
124……..L72; L72N2
125……..HMH64
126……..DD146 (oratorio by Claudel & Honegger)
127……..S72; PG64; HMH65 

SR ELIZABETH IN CARMEL  1901-1903
128……..S82; PG69
129……..for example, L91; L130
130……..L94; L97; L137; L142
131……..L95©; L95N4; L104
132……..L91
133……..CW2p1©
134……..L88; L106
135……..qv Update 2; for example, see L89; L93;
………….L95; L97; L103; L105; L106; L109; L110;
………….L113; L124; L139; L141; L145
………….For further development see L209N5.
136……..L87©
137……..L90©
138……..L92©; also see L94; L105; L108: L109;
………….L117; L119; L129; L130;
………….L139; L141; L142
139……..for example, see end of L95
140……..L143©
141……..L84
142……..HMH64 and L81
143……..L93
144……..L91
145……..L93: L144; L148
146……..L130©
147……..L109
148……..PG79-82
149……..MPA19; HMH87 – date: Oct. 1902
………….The quote is from MPA, note that ‘my’ 
………….is not included in HMH.
150.…….HMH89©
151……..for example, L95; L117; L118; L119; L120
152……..CW2p373
153……..L85N6
154……..L85N6: L87N11
155……..L88
156……..CW2p2,371
157……..L85; L87; L103
158……..L108; PG69
159……..L104; L143
160……..L85; L85N6; L89; L109
161……..L85; L87; L89; L92; L92N1; L94
162……..L85: L87; L92; L94
163……..L94
164……..HMH87
165……..L85N4; L123
166……..L68; L92
167……..L85; L92N1
168……..L129©
169……..L109; also see L116
170……..L92
171……..L85; L87; L89 (via Guite); L94; L103
172……..L103
173……..L89; L93
174……..L86; L94 last line
175……..L144; also see L143
176……..L93; L140
177……..L109
178……..L88; L95
179……..L134; L138
180……..L96; L147
181……..L129
182……..L131
183……..CW2p3,4; HMH87,88
184……..S93,94; PG79
185……..L131©   That this quotation refers to
………….her interior trials is verified by 
………….ESS25:92 read along with ESS26:100
186……..PG83
187……..L249; PG85
188……..for details see: L205N2,4; L235
189……..P83; for a dynamic trans. see Ban120
190……..P85; for a dynamic trans. see Ban92
191……..P86; for a dynamic trans. see Ban58
192……..L149©
193……..PN13 (OC904)
194……..PN13N1 (OC905)
195……..HMH89
196……..MPA19
197……..PG88
198……..L169©

PROFESSED NUN    Jan. 1903 – Mar. 1906
199……..S103
200……..S105
201……..S107; L162
202……..MPA20
203……..L171;  also see L190
204……..L175; L249; L264
205……..HMH110
206……..PG103
207……..PG135; HMH114
208……..HMH94; S127,128; HMH110
209……..PG103; MPA22
210……..HMH17
211……..MPA15
212……..L163
213……..’The Mystical Evolution’, J.G.Arintero,
………….Herder, 1951, Vol.2, p.506
214……..L157N5 – Fr Didon’s maxim.
215……..CW2p256
216……..L156
217……..L263©
218……..L264©
219……..in L209
220……..L159
221……..L170
222……..L178©
223……..L178
224……..L198©
225……..HMH114© ex L207
226……..L208©
227……..L219©
228……..L221N6
229……..HMH114,115;
………….Lent : Mar 3-Apr 23, 1905 [PG135]
230……..L236; L236N2 
231……..L239; HMH119
232……..PG138
233……..PG145,146
234……..L240N3
235……..L253; L253N3
236……..L256©
237……..MPA23; CW2p255
238……..HMH111
239……..L175; L160
240……..L250; L256
241……..L145; L146; L151
242……..except in L179 (8); L191 (11)
243……..except in L224 (13); L230 (10); L239 (12);
………….L244 (11); L249 (12); L250 (15)
244……..The number has been assessed from 
………….Fr De Meester’s footnotes and refers to 
………….both direct and indirect references, given
………… Sr Elizabeth’s interpretive and adaptive 
………….ability with Scriptural texts.
245……..HMH95
246……..HMH109©
247……..L193
248……..L160; L165N6; L191N5; L194; L197a;
………….L198N7; L225; L241; L252; L256; 
………….L258; L265
249……..HMH98
250……..L168
251……..HMH98; L117N1
252……..HMH99,100; L160N5; L190N8
253……..L155; L195; L200; L225; L257; L263
254……..L201
255……..L160; L169; L210; L222; L239; L249; 
………….L263 and see ESS26:98
256……..HMH118©  the letter is L249
257……..L252
258……..L264
259……..’Theology for Beginners’, F. Sheed,
………….Sheed and Ward, 1958, p.128
260……..L207
261……..L216
262……..L235; “the Lord will hear your prayers, if
………….you continue with perseverance” 
………….(Jud.4:11).
263……...A Scriptural ex. of a wound of love is
…………..when Jesus questions Peter about love
…………..(Jn 21:15-17).   Also see, ‘The life and
…………..Revelations of St Gertrude, (author
…………..unknown), Burns & Oates, (no date)
…………..p.544.   Sr Elizabeth refers to wounds of
…………..the heart (love) in L128; L134; L142;
…………..L159; L163; L172; L196; L312; L314.
…………..But see PG207 for her remarks on the
…………..ineffable sweetness of the wound of
…………..Love which she experienced.
…………..Also see: St Teresa of Avila, CW(K-K,R)
…………..Poems, No.3, p380.
264……..This mystery is considered, for ex, in
………….’The Interior Carmel’, J.C.H.Wu,
………….Sheed and Ward, 1954, p.213 based on
………….’The Dialogue of the Seraphic Virgin
………….St Catherine of Siena’, trans. A. Thorold,
………….Newman, (date unknown), pp. 180,181.
265……..see L90N1 for info on ‘Rolland aunts’.
266……..L189©; also see L190
267……..L178
268……..L171©
269……..L189©; also see L256
270……..L178©
271……..L170©
272……..L184©
273……..L174©
274……..L196; also see CSH23
275……..L236; also see ESS29:112
276……..L210
277……..L171
278……..L154
279……..L168; also see L168N3
280……..L236
281……..L265©
282……..L154
283……..ESS12:36
284……..L154; L164; L172; L179; L186;
………….referring to immolation of herself.
285……..L164
286……..L172
287……..L179  Note: the Douay version is given,
………….my italics.
288……..L186©


ABBREVIATIONS

Ban……’Barb of Fire’, A. Bancroft, Gracewing 2001
CW……‘Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity’, 
…………ICS; Vol 1(CW1) 1984, Vol 2 (CW2) 1995
CSH…..’A Carmelite of the Sacred Heart’
…………Trans. M.E.Arendrup, Burns Oates, 1923
DD…….’Elisabeth Catez’, D. Decoin, (in French)
…………Editions Balland, 1991
ESS…..’Elizabeth still speaks’, 
………...Carmel of Maria Regina, Oregan, 1982
GSE…..’Guite, La Soeur d’Elisabeth de la Trinitι’,
…………J. Remy, Mame, 1986
HMH….‘He is my Heaven’, 
………..Jennifer Moorcroft. ICS 2001
L………Letters in CW1 (in French) and CW2 
MPA….‘The Spiritual Doctrine of Sister Elizabeth 
……….. of the Trinity,M.M.Philipon, Mercier, 1947
N………Footnote to Letters.
OC……‘Oeuvres Completes, Elisabeth 
……….. de la Trinitι’, P. De Meester, Cerf 1996 
P……...Poιsies (in French, in OC)
PN…….Personal Notes (Notes Intimes, in OC) 
PIT……’Le R.P.Vallιe’, A. De Pitteurs,
………..Du Cerf, 1934.
PG……‘Praise of Glory’, Burns & Oates, 1962
S……..‘Souvenirs’, Carmel of Dijon, 1927 
SofS….’A Soul of Silence’, M.M.AM.du Coeur de Jesus,
………..Mercier Press, 1949
UVB….’Elizabeth of Dijon’, U.V.Balthasar, 
………..Harvill Press, 1956
WP…..‘Way of Perfection’, St Teresa of Avila, 
……….Vol 2 of Complete Works, ICS 1980


QUOTATIONS

Permission to use copyright quotations listed is 
acknowledged with deep gratitude.
	

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‘He is My Heaven’ by Jennifer Moorcroft, 
Copyright © 2001 by Washington Province of 
Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications, 
2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. Washington, 
DC 20002-1199, U.S.A. 			      
www.icspubIications.org. 

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‘The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity’, 
Volume 2 translated by Anne Englund Nash, 
Copyright © 1995 by Washington Province of 
Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications, 
2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. Washington, 
DC 20002-1199, U.S.A 
www.icspublications.org. 

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‘The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity’,
Volume I translated by SrAletheia Kane, OCD , 
Copyright © 1984 by Washington Province of 
Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications, 
2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. Washington, 
DC 20002-1199, U.S.A. 			      
www.icspubIications.org