Let joy enter your life

“What a blissful peace we feel when joy permeates our suffering”.

 (From Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, Spiritual Writings).


“To allow joy to enter our experience of suffering” could be mistakenly interpreted as a form of masochism. It must be seen as an act of total surrender to our God, an act of ultimate trust in the Lord. Joy should not exclusively be experienced when all is well. Failure, disappointment, betrayal are certainly painful experiences, but we can draw lessons from them that will fortify our faith, and further our strength in life's struggles. Paul always invites us to be joyous, to pray without cease; he urges us to express our gratitude in every circumstance (1Th 5, 16-18). Such behavior will allow us to testify our trust and our love for our Lord. 


“There is but one life

That which reflects love

There is but one love

That which reflects beauty

There is but one beauty 

That which portrays grief

There is but one grief

That which leads to bliss

There is but one bliss

That which shines through suffering!”


Gilles Sélognon VODOUHE


Let us pray

May Elizabeth of the Trinity help us to let our joy shine in every stance of our life. 


Community prayer

Prayer to the Blessed Trinity

O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to forget myself entirely that I may be established in You as still and as peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing trouble my peace or make me leave You, O my Unchanging One, but may each minute carry me further into the depths of Your Mystery. Give peace to my soul; make it Your heaven, Your beloved dwelling and Your resting place. May I never leave You there alone but be wholly present, my faith wholly vigilant, wholly adoring, and wholly surrendered to Your creative Action. O my beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You… even unto death! But I feel my weakness, and I ask You to “clothe me with Yourself,” to identify my soul with all the movements of Your Soul, to overwhelm me, to possess me, to substitute Yourself for me that my life may be but a radiance of Your Life. Come into me as Adorer, as Restorer, as Savior. O Eternal Word, Word of my God, I want to spend my life in listening to You, to become wholly teachable that I may learn all from You. Then, through all nights, all voids, all helplessness, I want to gaze on You always and remain in Your great light. O my beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may not withdraw from Your radiance. O consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, “come upon me,” and create in my soul a kind of incarnation of the Word: that I may be another humanity for Him in which He can renew His whole Mystery. And You, O Father, bend lovingly over Your poor little creature; “cover her with Your shadow,” seeing in her only the “Beloved in whom You are well pleased.” O my Three, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to You as Your prey. Bury Yourself in me that I may bury myself in You until I depart to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your greatness. AMEN.

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. Col 4:6

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