1……..L310©
2……..L156: L160; L161; L165; L169 prior to 15th July 1903
……….L179 on Sept 20th 1903 and L191 on 25th Jan. 1904
3……..Readings from Ephesians
……….                             3rd Sunday of Lent                 Eph.5:1-9
……….May  20th 1903    Vigil of the Ascension             Eph.4:7-13
……….Aug. 23rd 1903,   16th Sunday after Pentecost.  Eph.3:13-21
……….Aug. 30th 1903,   17th Sunday after Pentecost.  Eph.4:1-6
……….Sep.  6th  1903    18th Sunday after Pentecost    -
……….Sep. 13th 1903    19th Sunday after Pentecost   Eph.4:23-28
……….Sep. 20th 1903    20th Sunday after Pentecost   Eph.5:15-21
……….Sep. 27th 1903    21st Sunday after Pentecost   Eph.6:10-17
……….Oct. 23rd                    Our Most Holy Redeemer       Eph.1:3-9
……….Oct. 28th              St Simon & St Jude                Eph.4:7-13

……….Quotations in L179  Eph. 3:1, 13-21, 17; 4:1.
……….                      L191  Eph. 1:12; 2:4,19; 3:14,16-19; 3:16; 4:25; 5:30.
4……..MPA83
5……..L185
6……..see L158N1 and L138 re: fusion.
7……..L185; L191; L231; L232; L244; L250 also see P121N1
8……..L185
9…….." The very essence of our vocation," she would say, " is being 
……….conformed to our Lord Jesus Christ. The austere side of our 
……….Rule-work, penance, suffering, and all the resulting privations
……….-form Christ crucified in us. On the other hand, Prayer, the 
……….Office, all the contemplative elements of our life transform 
……….us into Christ glorified, since it is the beginning of our life in 
……….heaven." [CSH38].  Also see (Rom.8:29).
10…….Transformation realises a ‘likeness to God’ or a ‘participation
……… in the life of the Trinity’ [Muto146] – in Love, not in essence.
            [see L185N4,5].
11…….L191 and see [3] for quotations from Ephesians.
12…….see L191N1.
13…….see (old) Catechism 169; or CCC1822.
14…….Fr De Meester expresses her intent thus: “she formulated 
……….her desire to be a Praise of Glory of the Lord” 
……….[CW1p188(15a) and L191N1].
15……see PN15N15a
16……L220
17……L214
18……see PN15; L185; L191
19……L234
20……L218 is a greeting for 1905, it can be coupled with L256 for
……….1906, in which mention is made of the on-going religious 
……….troubles: “Poor France”, see L256N8.
21……see also L228; L276; L289.
22……see salutation at head of L259 or L341.
23……L226; L231; L232.
24……L226
25……L232
26……Elsewhere, she preferred to speak of the ‘radiance’ 
……….[PN15, L128,158,175,199,200,215,335,HF§27, 
……….and see 158N3].
27……The quotation is in L232.  The question has been 
……….posed because in the French text, la louange de 
……….sa gloire, is not enclosed in inverted commas 
……….[unlike its use in L191], therefore ‘la’ could be 
……….legitimately omitted in translation.  Her use of, 
……….la “louange de sa gloire”, in her letter, of some 
……….3 weeks earlier, suggests the translation, Praise 
……….of His Glory, a proposition supported by “even 
……….here below” which implies that Sr Elizabeth is 
……….referring to the saints as Praises of His Glory.  
……….A condition for this, here on earth, is allowing 
……….Him to “make us true to His Truth” [L231 and 
……….see L231N14].   The signature in 2 of her letters
……….was, M.E. of the Trinity, praise of His glory.
……… [L271; L288; note ‘la’ is omitted in the French 
……….original].
28……see PN16
29……L244
30……see L244N4
31……L250
32……(Ph.3:20) was used as a heading in L244.
33…… note that here the phrase Praise of Glory is intended 
……….as part of a quotation.
34……L191
35……L250N14
36……MPA83, HMH122
37……L259, but see L218N8.
38……L191
39……L138N1
40……as in L250.
41……Letters: L250; L260; L269; L277; L292; L298; L306;
………      .      L307; L310; L329; L332; L335; L336.
……….Signature: L260; L292; L298; L306; L310; L332; L335.
……….                 P99; P105; P106; P108; P118.
42……L256.  Note ‘the’ is omitted in the signature to a letter 
……….to Canon Angles [L271].
43……Note ‘la’ is omitted in the French text.
44……L250
45……HF§41
46……HF§42
47……see L250N17 for Fr De Meester’s comment.
48……Depending both on the source and on the translation,
……….’conversation’ is rendered as ‘life’ or ‘city’.
49……L260©.
50……L269©
51……see L250; L256; L271
52……L260
53……CW1p90
54……L288
55……see L288N11
56……L292
57……L298©  dated July 16th 1906
58……see L269N12
59……L274; L304.  In parenthesis in L274 and ‘already here 
……….on earth’; in L304 is added ‘while waiting for Him to 
……….glorify me.’
60……HA208, SS194
61……L274; L293; L298.
62……P94 St.3
63……L274
64……L294; L304, and see L244N4, L271, L294N6
65……see L225; L234; L244; L250; L256; L271; L294;L304.
66……S111-113, PG95-97
67……see [13] above. 
68……Lacordaire. (24th Notre Dame Conf.)
69……CHM393
70……D133
71……EAG141
72……EAG145
73……HF§28
74……HF§25
75……HF§42, CW1p111©
76……HF§41, CW1p111©
77……HF§44, CW1p112© 



ABBREVIATIONS

CCC…..’Catechism of the Catholic Church’, Geoffrey Chapman
…………1994.
CHM….‘Christ in His Mysteries’,  Dom Columba Marmion,
…………Sands, 1939
CSH…..’A Carmelite of the Sacred Heart’
…………Trans. M.E.Arendrup, Burns Oates, 1923
CW……‘Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity’, ICS; 
….……..Vol 1(CW1) 1984, Vol 2 (CW2) 1995
D………Diary in OC (French)
EAG…..’Elizabeth and Guite’, A.Lipski, pps132-145,
…………Mount Carmel, Vol.38, No.3, 1990.
GV…….Spiritual Treatise: ‘The Greatness of our Vocation’, in CW1.
HA…….’Histoire d’une Ame’, Carmel de Lisieux, 1902
HF…….Spiritual Treatise ‘Heaven in Faith’ in CW1.
HMH….‘He is my Heaven’, Jennifer Moorcroft. ICS 2001
L………Letters inCW2 (N refers to a footnote to the letter)
LYBL….Spiritual Treatise: ‘Let Yourself be Loved’, in CW1
MPA….‘The Spiritual Doctrine of Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity’, 
………..M.M.Philipon, Mercier Press, 1947
MUTO..’Deep into the Thicket’, Susan Muto,
………..Epiphany, 1999.
OC……‘Oeuvres Completes, Elisabeth de la Trinité’, 
………..P. De Meester, Cerf 1996 (in French)
P……...Poésies (in French, in OC)
PN…….Personal Note, in OC (French)
PG……‘Praise of Glory’, Burns & Oates, 1962
S……..‘Souvenirs’, Carmel of Dijon, 1926 (in French)
SofC…’Seeds of Contemplation’, Thomas Merton,
………..Catholic Book Club, 1950.
SS……’Story of a Soul’, John Clark,OCD,
………..ICS Publications, 3rd Ed. 1996.



QUOTATIONS

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Copyright © 1984 by Washington Province of 
Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications, 
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