1. Didjareadit? 1.Elizabeth wrote a beautiful prayer to______________. 2.Why did Elizabeth write her mother a letter? 3.What is the essence of the Carmelite vocation, according to Elizabeth? 4.What was Elizabeth like as a child? 5.What was Elizabeth’s great talent from early on? 6.One day when she was a teen, after receiving Holy Communion she heard the Lord speak one word to her. What was it? 7.At 14 years, Elizabeth took a vow. What was it? 8.What did Elizabeth’s mother think about her insistence to enter the Carmelite order? 9.Elizabeth’s spirituality was focused on the “Indwelling ______________.” 10.Elizabeth wrote that we experience heaven already on earth through the… 11.Elizabeth called herself, “A Praise of God’s __________.” Extra credit: Like Therese, during her last days she realized that nothing mattered on this earth but _________.

2. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2N XIyQ2Jchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2N XIyQ2Jc

3. Bio Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD (French: Élisabeth de la Trinité), (July 18, 1880 – November 9, 1906) was a French Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, and spiritual writer. Read handout.

4. Sabeth Elizabeth was a highly gifted and award- winning pianist.

5. In the novitiate she experienced a dark night that was lifted when she took her vows. Elizabeth died of Addison’s disease at the age of 26.

6. St. Michael’s Parish Church – Carmel in Dijon, France – Tomb of Elizabeth.

8. Questions about Prayer & the Interior Life