BTP#20 Heaven In Faith Day 10 Prayer 2 St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 10 Prayer 1” found in The Complete Works vol 1:

18. ….”The first sign of love is this: that Jesus has given us His flesh to eat and His blood to drink.” “The property of love is to be always giving and always receiving. Now this love ” of Christ is “generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we have , all that we are, He takes away. He asks for more than we of our ourselves are capable of giving.”

BTP#19 Heaven In Faith Day 10 Prayer 1 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 10 Prayer 1” found in The Complete Works vol 1: 40. “It seems to me that the attitude of the Virgin during the months that elapsed between the Annunciation and the Nativity is the model for interior souls, those whom God has chosen to live within, in the depths of the … Read more

BTP#18 Heaven In Faith Day 9 Prayer 2 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 9 Prayer 2” found in The Complete Works vol 1:

37. “If anyone should affirm to me that to find the bottom of the abyss is to be immersed in humility, I would not contradict him. However, it seems to me that to be plunged into humility is to be plunged into God, for God is the bottom of the abyss. This is why humility, like charity, is always capable of increasing.”

BTP#17 Heaven In Faith Day 9 Prayer 1 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 9 Prayer 1” found in The Complete Works vol 1: 32. “See,” says St. John, “what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God’ and such we are….Now we are the children of God, and we have not yet seen what we … Read more

BTP#16 Heaven In Faith Day 8 Prayer 2 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 8 Prayer 2” found in The Complete Works vol 1: 30. Let us lovingly eat this bread of the will of God. If sometimes His will is more crucifying, we can doubtless say with our adored Master: “Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by,” but we will … Read more

BTP#15 Heaven In Faith Day 8 Prayer 1 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 8 Prayer 1” found in The Complete Works vol 1:
26. This is how the mystery of predestination, the mystery of divine election appeared to the enlightened gaze of the Apostle. “Those whom He has foreknown” Are not we of that number? Cannot God say to our soul what he once said through the voice of His prophet: “I passed by you and saw you. I saw that the time had come for you to be loved. I spread my garment over you. I swore to you to protect you, and I made a covenant with you, and you became mine.”

BTP#14 Heaven In Faith Day 7 Prayer 2 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 7 Prayer 2″ found in The Complete Works vol 1:

24…”When God sees that we are prepared to receive His grace, His generous goodness is ready to give us the gift that will give us His likeness. Our aptitude for receiving His grace depends on the inner integrity with which we move towards Him.” And then God, “bringing us His gifts,” can “give Himself, imprint on us His likeness, forgive, and free us.”

BTP#13 Heaven In Faith Day 7 Prayer 1 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

Episode 13 Beginning to Pray: “Heaven in Faith” Day 7 Prayer 1 – “God chose us in Him before creation, that we should be holy and immaculate in His presence, in love.
22. “Our created essence asks to be rejoined with its principle”, The Word, “the Splendor of the Father, is the eternal archtype after which creatures are designed on the day of their creation.” This is ‘why God wills that, freed from ourselves, we should stretch out our arms towards our exemplar and possess it,” “rising” above all things “towards our model.” “This contemplation opens” The soul “to unexpected horizons.”

BTP#12 Heaven In Faith Day 6 Prayer 2 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

From “Heaven in Faith: Day 6 Prayer 2” found in The Complete Works vol 1:

19. …What is this single eye of which the Master speaks but this “simplicity of intention” which “gathers into unity all the scattered forces of the soul and unites the spirit itself to God. It is simplicity which gives God honor and praise; it is simplicity which presents and offers the virtues to Him. Then, penetrating and permeating itself, permeating and penetrating all creatures, it finds God in its depths.

BTP#11 Heaven In Faith Day 6 Prayer 1 – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity w/Dr. Anthony Lilles

Episode 11 Beginning to Pray: “Heaven in Faith” Day 6 Prayer 1 – “To approach God we must believe” From “Heaven in Faith” found in The Complete Works vol 1: 19. “We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.” That is our great act of faith, the way … Read more