REFERENCES
1………L131 – “To love Him with His own Love” is Theresian.
………..She included St John of the Cross’ words [S.C. St.9,7]
………..as a motto in her coat of arms “L’amour ne se paie
………..que par L’amour” (Love is only repaid by Love).
2………CW1p111, MPA219, and OC125 (French)
………..It is also in PG95 and S111.
3………HF§ [1,5,6,11,17,23,25]
4………HF§ [2,6,7,21]
5………HF§ [3,8,10]
6………HF§ [7,9,10,18]
7………HF§2 ©
8………L165 ©
9………L333
10…….WAT17
11…….HMH14. also read about the life of ‘Little Nellie of
………..Holy God’, who received her First Holy Communion at
………..4 years of age. “She received Our Lord in a transport
………..of love, and her features assumed an extra-ordinary
………..radiance. Put ‘Nellie Organ’ into a search Engine,
………..you will be well blessed if you do.
12…….D32
13…….(old) Catechism 2, CCC356-358
14…….CCC358
15…….L192 ©
16…….L243 ©
17…….L117 ©
18…….L123 ©; L139 ©
19…….L123 ©
20…….L139 ©
21…….L288 ©
22…….L308 ©
23…….L122
24…….CLS244
25…….LFL4.5
26…….BAK211
27…….P109 in OC1051 (French)
28…….MER282
29…….P118 in OC1060 (French). This poem was
……….written just over a month before her death. The
……….title ‘Who is like God’, says it all. There is a part
……….translation in SIS475 and a dynamic translation
……….in BAN104.
30…….Clearly, only God is aware of any merit that we
……….may have. Holy Mother Church has merely
……….indicated that such merit is possible.
31…….L106
32…….L245
33…….However where it occurred would depend both
………..on the translation and on the redaction: for
………..example it occurs in the ICS translation in
………..SC1:2; 11:10; 36:4. The Stanza’s of interest
………..here are 15, 16, 17 of the Second Redaction,
………..although for simplicity the material below has
………..not been referenced to the Spiritual Canticle.
34…….RUY56
35…….LFL1.6
36…….SC25.5
37…….SC16.4
38…….LFL1.6
39…….RUY41
40…….RUY67
41…….RUY70
42…… the translation is difficult because of the French
……….construction ‘et…et…’.
43…….L131
44…….FEN142
45…….LFL4.9
46…….RUY76
47…….SUTH II,I,Q27,Art.2
48…….St John of Cross, Complete Works, Letters,
………..L9 Peers, L11 ICS.
49…….SUTH II,I,Q27,Art.1
50…….SUTH II,I,Q27,Art.3
51…….SUTH II,I,Q28,Art.2
52…….SC14/15.5
53…….MPA230, CW1p111
54…….the familiar: “omne delectamentum in se
………..habentem, et omnis saporis suavitatem”
………..(Wis 16:20).
55…….see Rom.8:28
56…….HF§[10,16]
57…….HF§[10,16,29]
58…….L264
59…….WP.22.(all)
60…….For Holy Mother Church’s teaching on adoration,
………..see CCC2096,2097.
61…….TSL22
62…….L172 – dated: August 20th 1903.
63…….L331
64…….CHM85 and 1 Cor.1:7
65…….L130©
66…….L172©
67…….UVB12
68…….SofS20,21
69…….L129©
70…….L168N10
71…….UVB35
72…….L99©
73…….L150©
74…….L308© and see L308N2
75…….L172
76…….L208©
77…….L271©
78…….HF§16©
79…….HF§15© , also L89
………..See also: L133 (the two are one); L164 (may our life
………..flow into His); L214 (depths of the divine Essence);
………..L227 (your soul is He).
……….”Every intelligent being is a divine likeness, called
………..upon to realize itself freely”. Louis Thomassin.
80…….St.28
81…….St.28 Note 1 p.209
82…….LR§21
83…….’I am nothing’ is so easy to say; yet is strictly a
………..contradiction in terms!
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ABBREVIATIONS
BAK…..’Holy Wisdom’, Augustine Baker, Burns & Oates, 1964.
BAN…...’Barb of Fire’, Alan Bancroft, Gracewing, 2001.
CCC…..’Catechism of the Catholic Church’, Geoffrey
…………Chapman, 1994.
CHM….‘Christ in His Mysteries’, Dom Columba Marmion,
…………Sands, 1939
CLS…...’Christ the Life of the Soul’, Dom Columba Marmion,
…………Sands, (undated)
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)
FEN……’Christian Perfection’, Francois Fenelon,
…………Harper & Brothers, 1947
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)
LFL……’Living Flame of Love’, St John of the Cross.
…………Commentary on the Poetry.
LR…….’Last Retreat of Laudem Gloriae’ , in CW1pp.141-173
MER….’The Waters of Silence’, Thomas Merton,
………..Hollis & Carter, 1950.
MPA….‘The Spiritual Doctrine of Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity’,
………..M.M.Philipon, Mercier Press, 1947
OC……‘Oeuvres Completes, Elisabeth de la Trinité’,
………..P. De Meester, Cerf 1996 (in French)
P……...Poésies (in French, in OC)
RUY….’John Ruusbroec’, trans. J.A.Wiseman,
………..Paulist Press, 1985. Note that this is a
………..different translation from that used by Sr Elizabeth.
SC……’Spiritual Canticle’, St John of the Cross.
………..Commentary on the Poetry.
SIS…..’Two Sisters in the Spirit’, Hans U.v. Balthasar,
………..Ignatius, 1992.
SofS….’A Soul of Silence’, M.M.AM.du Coeur de Jesus,
………..Mercier, 1949.
TSL…..’The Trinity in our Spiritual Life’, C. Marmion,
………..Mercier, 1953.
UVB….’Elizabeth of Dijon’, Hans Urs Von Balthasar,
………..The Harvill Press, 1956.
VEN….’The Spiritual Canticle’, Simplified Version,
………..John Venard, E.J.Dwyer, 1990.
WAT….’The Enemies of Love’, A. Watkin,
………..Burns & Oates, 1958
WP…...’Way of Perfection’, St Teresa of Avila,
………..ICS Publications.
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QUOTATIONS
Permission to use copyright quotations listed is
acknowledged with deep gratitude.
Refns [1][8][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][62]
[65][66][69][72][73][74][76][77][78][79] from
‘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.
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