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"I have found my Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God, and God is in my soul."
For us who search Heaven, for those who suffer, for us who want God inside.
✝ Day 1 - October 30 - For Heaven in Soul - God Inside
"Elizabeth found Heaven inside soul because God lives inside."
Reflection - Elizabeth of Trinity - young French girl, 26 years only, Carmelite nun, found secret - Heaven is not far, Heaven is God, and God lives in soul. For us who search Heaven far - in church, in pilgrimage - Elizabeth says look inside, God is inside soul. For us busy, no time to pray - God inside, you carry Heaven with you. For us who feel empty - Elizabeth empty? No, she full because God inside. First day, learn Heaven is inside.
Prayer: Dear Elizabeth, you found Heaven inside soul because God lives there. Help us who search Heaven outside. Show us God inside our soul, living, loving. Make us understand we carry Heaven within as you did.
(Tell her your intention here... to find Heaven inside)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God inside soul, through Elizabeth help us find You inside. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 2 - October 31 - For Laudem Gloriae - Praise of Glory
"She wanted to be praise of glory - Laudem Gloriae - nothing but praise."
Reflection - Elizabeth's name - Laudem Gloriae - means praise of glory. She wanted to be nothing but praise for God. Not do praise, but be praise. For us who do many things but are not praise - Elizabeth shows vocation is to be praise of glory. For us who feel useless, not doing much - you can be praise, just being, just existing for God is praise. For us families - be praise of glory in home, silent praise.
Prayer: Elizabeth, Laudem Gloriae, praise of glory, teach us not just to do praise but to be praise. Make our lives praise, our suffering praise, our everything praise of glory for God.
(Tell her your intention here... to be praise)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God of glory, make us praise of Your glory through Elizabeth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 3 - November 1 - For All Saints - Elizabeth Among Saints
"On All Saints, Elizabeth shows way to be saint - find God inside."
Reflection - Today All Saints - Elizabeth became saint not by big miracles but by finding God inside and being praise. For us who think saint must do big things - Elizabeth small Carmelite, 26 years, died young, became saint because she found Heaven inside. For us wanting to be saints - All Saints day, Elizabeth says you can be saint, find God inside soul, be praise of glory. All saints found God inside as Elizabeth.
Prayer: Elizabeth, on All Saints day, you among saints, help us who want to be saints. Show us little way - find God inside, be praise. Intercede that we may join you among saints.
(Tell her your intention here... to be saint)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: All Saints, through Elizabeth make us saints who find God inside. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 4 - November 2 - For Holy Souls - Suffering with Love
"Elizabeth offered suffering for souls - her last words for souls."
Reflection - All Souls day - Elizabeth died young with painful disease Addison's, terrible suffering, but offered for souls, for priests. For us suffering - illness, pain - Elizabeth shows suffering with love saves souls. For us with holy souls in purgatory - family who died - Elizabeth's suffering helps them. For us afraid of suffering - Elizabeth found Heaven in suffering because God inside suffering too.
Prayer: Elizabeth, who suffered so much and offered for souls in purgatory, help us suffering and help our dead. Offer our small sufferings with yours for holy souls, especially our family souls.
(Tell her your intention here... for holy souls and suffering)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God of souls, through Elizabeth suffering, have mercy on holy souls. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 5 - November 3 - For Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirit Inside
"Elizabeth of Trinity - Trinity lives in soul - Father, Son, Holy Spirit."
Reflection - Elizabeth of Trinity - not just God, but Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirit living inside soul. For us who know Trinity as doctrine - Elizabeth knew Trinity as family living inside. For us lonely - Trinity inside, you are never alone, Father loves, Son saves, Spirit prays inside. For us families - Trinity family inside our family, three Persons living in soul.
Prayer: Elizabeth of Trinity, you who lived with Trinity inside, reveal Trinity to us. Make us feel Father, Son, Holy Spirit living in our soul, not alone, Trinity family inside us.
(Tell her your intention here... to feel Trinity inside)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: Trinity, Father Son Spirit, through Elizabeth live in us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 6 - November 4 - For Silence - Carmel Silence
"Elizabeth loved silence - in silence God speaks inside."
Reflection - Elizabeth Carmelite - Carmel silence, no noise, God speaks in silence inside. For us noisy world - phone, music, talk always - we cannot hear God inside because noise outside. For us who fear silence - silence is where Trinity speaks. For us families noisy - make some silence, five minutes, as Elizabeth did, to hear God inside. Silence is language of Heaven inside.
Prayer: Elizabeth, Carmelite of silence, teach us silence. We are so noisy, phones always. Help us make silence inside to hear Trinity speaking, to find Heaven inside as you did in silence.
(Tell her your intention here... for silence)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God of silence, through Elizabeth teach us to be silent to hear You. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 7 - November 5 - For Youth - She Died 26
"Elizabeth died 26 years - young saint for young people."
Reflection - Elizabeth died 26, young, like many young today. For us young who think sainthood for old - Elizabeth 26 saint. For us young struggling - emotional, passionate girl became calm praise of glory. For us parents with young daughters - Elizabeth young girl who wanted to be dancer, then became Carmelite, became praise. Youth can be holy, youth can find Heaven inside.
Prayer: Elizabeth, young saint 26 years, help us young, help our youth. We are restless, emotional as you were young. Transform us as you were transformed to praise of glory. Make youth holy.
(Tell her your intention here... for youth)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God of youth, through Elizabeth young saint, make youth find Heaven inside. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 8 - November 6 - For Illness - Addison's Disease - Suffering Became Heaven
"She suffered Addison's, terrible pain, but said I find Heaven in suffering."
Reflection - Elizabeth died of Addison's disease - body turned dark, terrible pain, no cure then. For us sick - chronic illness, pain no cure - Elizabeth shows illness can be Heaven if God inside illness. For us caring for sick - Elizabeth's sisters cared. For us who ask why God allows illness - Elizabeth says illness is place where Trinity lives too, Heaven on earth even in sick bed if God inside.
Prayer: Elizabeth, who suffered Addison's with terrible pain, help us sick and those caring sick. Teach us to find Heaven even in sick bed, because God lives in soul even when body sick. Make our suffering praise of glory.
(Tell her your intention here... for illness)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God who lives in sick, through Elizabeth suffering, make our sickness Heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
✝ Day 9 - November 7 - For Final - Going to Light, Love, Life
"Her last words - I am going to Light, to Love, to Life - final praise."
Reflection - Final day - Elizabeth last words - I am going to Light, to Love, to Life - Laudem Gloriae going to Glory. For us final day before feast - we also going to Light, Love, Life. For us who fear death - Elizabeth going to Light, not darkness. For us who placed intentions 9 days - place again - we want to be praise of glory, find Heaven inside, Trinity inside. Elizabeth goes to Light, Love, Life - we follow, being praise now so we be glory later.
Prayer: Dear Elizabeth, final day, you said I am going to Light, Love, Life. Help us go there too. Give us all we asked 9 days - to find Heaven inside, to be praise of glory, to feel Trinity, to love silence, to make youth holy, to make suffering Heaven. Take us to Light, Love, Life with you. Be our sister, Laudem Gloriae.
(Tell her your most important intention here... to go to Light, Love, Life)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Let Us Pray: God Light Love Life, through Elizabeth Laudem Gloriae grant our intentions and make us praise of glory on earth so we may be glory in Heaven going to Light, Love, Life with her. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity - Laudem Gloriae - Pray for us!
This novena is a private devotion, prayed in communion with the Catholic Church, asking intercession of saints, always subject to God's will and teachings of Magisterium. Nihil obstat.
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