REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION 

1………L298©
2………CW2p260©; ESS39:161
3………L330N5
4………S116; PG100
5………L267; L270; L272; L288; L290; L298
6………L269 also see L269N1
7………apart from in 2 letters to her Mother and 
………..sister, L273; L269
8………ESS41:168
9………HF, LR, GV
10……..L313; L322; L323; L328; L335; L341; L342
11……..L308; L311; L317; also see L334
12……..ESS45:188
13……..CW2p256,257
14……..L319; L320; L329©; also see L329N2
15……..L341
16……..L315
17……..L315N1
18……..S244; PG209; HMH171; ESS36:143
19……..L339N1
20……..L294
21……..L298© - “hide (the letter) well because of
…………mama”.
22……..HMH127
23……..L266N2
24……..L267; L290; L309
25……..CW1p27
26……..PG185,186; ESS- 32:129; 33:130; 36:144
…………37:148,151; 41:169,170
27……..L276
28……..L285
29……..L287
30……..L269; L270; L331
31……..L268; L308
32……..L298©; L305; L322; ESS44:185
33……..HMH131; PG155
34……..L309
35……..for example: L266N1; L340N1; L341N1
36……..L318
37……..L294
38……..L302
39……..L266©; L271; L302; L317
40……..L301; L305; L308
41……..L275; L278; L286; L304; L315
42……..L314
43……..L274; L285; L303; L317; L325; L326; 
…………L327; L328a; L330; L334
44……..L272; L288; L289; L293; L303; L305;
…………L315; L324; L326
45……..ETH199; TofA: Life I.30.19; Med II.7.6
46……..for example: L282.   Undoubtedly, the
………...influence of Mother Marie of Jesus,
…………see [CSH126].

SUFFERING

47……..L302
48……..L296©
49……..L299©
50……..L298; L308
51……..L325N6
52……..L325©
53……..L313©
54……..L308© also see ESS40:166
55……..also see L299
56……..L271N1©  (my italics)
57……..L133©
58……..The quotation is given as “Christ always
…………lived in suffering’ in Ang288; L311;L312;
………...L314N7; L315; L324 also see 
…………L320; L323; also S198; PG171 in the
…………’wound of love’ and Update 5 Refn [263]
59……..see L314N8; L323a; L263N5
60……..L267; L268; L305; L313; L314; L315
61……..P114 (OC1056)
62……..L333
63……..L308
64……..L267; L268; L295
65……..L301; L308
66……..CSH57; Ang266
67……..JGA.2p349; P114v.3 (OC1056); UVB66
68……..Wu209
69……..L295
70……..L301
71……..L271
72……..L312
73……..L269; L309
74……..L315
75……..L270; L272; L276; L298; L301
76……..L274© 
77……..L294©; also see L306N1
78……..L298©; also see L305; L308; L330
79……..L299©
80……..L321
81……..P121 (OC1063)  Note line 4, v.3 is copied
…………from ‘The Living Flame of Love’, Stanza 4 
…………and tells us of her great joy over what has 
…………been revealed to her.
82……..P121v.5 (OC1063); (Is. 53:3)
83……..L268
84……..L293  the analogy is that of a hen gathering 
…………her chicks beneath her wings for protection
…………(Matt.23:37; Lk.13:34)
85……..L302; L305
86……..L305
87……..IOC.II.12.6; L313; L316
88……..L294
89……..L304
90……..L317
91……..L320
92……..HMH126
93……..L278
94……..L266N1
95……..L269©
96……..L271N1
97……..L287
98……..L294N1; L295
99……..L295N1
100……L300
101……L308N12
102……L309
103……L318
104……L319
105……L323N7
106……L327; L327N2
107……L329 also see L329N2
108……L338N1; L339N1
109……L339N1
110……HMH177
111……HMH178
112……ESS- 38:157; 43:178
113……HMH173©; ESS35:139
114……L315
115……L314©
116……L310©; L313 also see Ang131; PG194
117……L323a©
118……L320©
119……L331
120……S245; PG211
121……S246; PG212 also see “Love Alone
………..Remains”, CW2p259.
122……S72; PG60

PAIN

123……L326©
124……L319©; L329
125……HMH172
126……L315 also see L323
127……CSH144
128……see article by Ursula Fleming ‘John and 
…………Pain’ in ‘A Fresh Approach to St John 
…………of the Cross’, St Pauls, 1993, pps123-136.
…………Also note that explanations in terms of 
…………altered states of consciousness are not 
…………being sought.
129……S238; PG204; EIW271 the E.I.Watkin
…………translation has been given.
130……ESS41:171
131……S213; HMH131
132……HMH132©
133……HMH139©
134……S206; PG176
135……L302©
136……L308©
137……L327©
138……MPA168, refn to L327
139……CSH18
140……TofA: Life (K-K,R) I.20.3, (Peers) I.p.120
141……SS199,200
142……L41
143……FDOp.138
144……ETH68
145……L269; L270; also see CSH100 for ‘The love 
………..of God seized upon (Mother Marie) like an 
………..eagle on its prey, to pluck out whatever 
………..remained too human and too natural.’
146……P77 (OC998); P83 (OC1009)
147……FDOp.100
148……TofA: Life (Peers) I.p.284 or (K-K,R)
………..I.39.12 where ‘soar’ is replaced by ‘fly’.
149……L125; L169; L171; L269; P88 (OC1018);
………..PN15 (CW1p.183); GV (CW1p.124)
………..Note that Fr J. McCaffrey replaces the
………..use of ‘prey’ in PN15 by ‘Take me
………..captive’ .(Mount Carmel, Vol.52,1,p.43.) 
………..Pre-Carmel, Elizabeth refers to ‘Prey of
………..Love’ in L41 – see L41N7.   
150……FDOp.126
151……’Approaching the Sacred’, S.A.Muto, 
………..Dimension Books, 1973, pps 59-62
152……SS200
153……The difference is stressed between
……….. ‘passive indwelling’ and ‘active infilling 
………..through prayer’ when applied to the 
………..Holy Trinity.
154……P98 (OC1037)
155……L269 - the only ‘infirmary’ letter in which 
………..prey is mentioned, Divine Eagle is 
………..mentioned again in L270
156……MPA22
157……L271N1
158……L338N1
159……MPA23,24 Stanbrook translation from
………...L278
160……RG543   St Gertrude could have been 
………..quite well known in the Carmel, because 
………..of Mother Marie’s love for her [CSH27].
161……S249; PG215

THE DEATH OF SABETH

162……HMH173-175
163……MPA254; ESS44:186,187
164……also see (Exodus 19:4)
165……Elizabeth entered Carmel on a Friday.
166……ESS45:189
167……PG221
168……CSH145; ESS33:133
169……CSH145; ESS34:134,135; Fr Vallée referred 
…………to Sr Elizabeth as (Mother Marie’s) soul’s 
…………daughter [CSHx].
170……GSE110
171……MPA10
172……PIT307
173……S241
174……CW2p260©


ABBREVIATIONS

Ang……’Angelo of Foligno’, Complete Works,
…………P. Lachance, Paulist Press, 1993
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
EIW……’Poets and Mystics’, E.I.Watkin, 
…………Sheed and Ward, 1953.
ESS…..’Elizabeth still speaks’, 
………...Carmel of Maria Regina, Oregan, 1982
ETH…...’Mystical Imagery’, E.T.Howe,
…………Peter Lang, 1988
FDO……’The Third Spiritual Alphabet’, Fr Osuna,
………….Burns Oates, 1931.
GSE…..’Guite, La Soeur d’Elisabeth de la Trinité’,
…………J. Remy, Mame, 1986
GV…….’The Greatness of our Vocation’
HF……..’Heaven in Faith’
HMH….‘He is my Heaven’, 
………..Jennifer Moorcroft. ICS 2001
IOC……’The Imitation of Christ’, T.A Kempis,
…………Trans. R.Knox, Burns Oates, 1959.
JGA…...’The Mystical Evolution’, J.G.Arintero,
…………Herder, 1951
L………Letters in CW1 (in French) and CW2
LR…….’Last Retreat’ 
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 Trinité’, P. De Meester, Cerf 1996 
P……...Poésies (in French, in OC)
PN…….Personal Notes (Notes Intimes, in OC) 
PIT……’Le R.P.Vallée’, A. De Pitteurs,
………..Du Cerf, 1934.
PG……‘Praise of Glory’, Burns & Oates, 1962
RG……’The Life and Revelations of St Gertrude’
………..(no author), Burns Oates, (c. 1870)
S……..‘Souvenirs’, Carmel of Dijon, 1927 
SS…….’Story of a Soul’, J. Clarke,
………..I.C.S. Publications, 1996.
TofA…..St Teresa of Avila, Works, K-K,R,
………..I.C.S. Publications.
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
Wu…...’The Interior Carmel’, J.C.H.Wu,
………..Sheed & Ward, 1954


QUOTATIONS

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