Silence Which Prepares Saints –

The Life of a Carmelite is Silence. “It is silence which prepares saints, it is silence which begins, continues and perfects the life of sanctity,” wrote another Carmelite Nun who died in odour of sanctity in 1874. Like all interior souls, Sr. Elizabeth of the Trinity was deeply convinced of the dynamic power of silence. Silence was the attraction of her artistic temperament with its vibrant sensitivity. As a child, and as a young girl, she sought solitude wherein the soul can fill itself with silence, and contemplate the wonders of nature which the reflection of the creative Infinite Beauty. …”How delightful,” she said, “to wonder about alone through those vast woods – to leave your books and your work, and dwell with the good God in closest intimacy, heart to heart, gazing upon Him with overflowing love! You should enjoy such happiness: it is heavenly.”