Painting by George Henry Boughton

"I have within me
 a solitude
 where He dwells,
 and nothing
can take that
away from me."
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Retire into His Solitude...

Painting by Charles Courtney Curran

Weakness into Wisdom...

Painting by Frederick Sandys

"Since a humble heart is the vessel needed,
 the vessel capable of containing the grace
 God wants to pour into it,
 let us be humble.
The humble can never rank God high enough
 nor themselves low enough. 
 But, here is the wonder:
 their weakness turns into wisdom,
and the imperfections of their acts,
 always insufficient in their eyes,
 will be the greatest delight of their life."
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

Go into your cell...

Painting by Luigi Busi

 "A cell becomes more sweet

 as it is more faithfully dwelt in." 

Blessed Titus Brandsma

"You must build a little cell within your soul as I do.  Remember that God is there and enter it from time to time…

…it is the secret life in Carmel: the life of a Carmelite is a communion with God from morning to evening, and from evening to morning.

If He did not fill our cells and cloisters,

  Ah!  How empty they would be!"

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity