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"Believe that He loves you" Diocese of Phoenix marks the Feast Day of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

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Karen Kidd Nov 17, 2021

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Convent room of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity | Wikipedia - Willuconquer

The Diocese of Phoenix recently marked the Feast Day of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, canonized in 2016 by Pope Francis, in part by asking for her intercession.

Part of the observance was posted to the diocese's Twitter page on Nov. 8, the saint's feast day.


th of the Trinity after she joined the cloister at Carmel of DijonImage of St. Elizabe | Wikipedia - Willuconquer

"Today we celebrate St. Elizabeth of the Trinity," the diocese stated in the post. "Pray for us!" The Twitter post also included an online prayer card of one of the best known writings of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity: "Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, His exceeding Love."

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was born Elizabeth Catez in 1880 in Avor, France, according to a biography by the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus. At the age of 7, Elizabeth told a family friend that she would be "a religious," the biography states. She received her First Communion at age 11, stating she “wanted to give her life and to return a little of His great love;” at 13 she took a vow of chastity. She entered the Carmelite monastery in Dijon at 21. Unfortunately, a short time later Elizabeth became ill with what is now considered to have been Addison's Disease, according to the Catholic News Agency, and died five years later, in 1906. Her last words, according to the Carmelite Sisters, were “I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!” 

During her time there, Elizabeth wrote several works, the best-known of which are "O My God, Trinity Whom I Adore," "Heaven in Faith," and the "Last Retreat." She was beatified in 1984 after Cardinal Albert Decourtray, the Bishop of Dijon 1974-1981, was cured of cancer through her intercession. The miracle acknowledged by Pope Francis was the that of Marie-Paul Stevens, a Belgian woman suffering with Sjögren's syndrome, who claimed she was cured after visiting the Carmelite monastery in Dijon. 

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity is the patron saint of sick people.

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