Elizabeth of the Trinity Art Print

Sue Kouma Johnson drew this image of Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity with colored pencils on paper, 6 x 8 inches, finished size."You will either be a terror or a saint," her mother had said of the stubborn little girl who often demanded her way. Elizabeth Catez, who was born in France in 1880, had a violent temper, which abated completely by the time she received her first Communion at age eleven.Leaving a promising career as a concert pianist, she was truly happy when she entered a Carmelite convent. She spent only five years there, before her death on 9 November 1906 at age twenty-six. Elizabeth was almost a contemporary of Therese of Lisieux, who died at age 24 in 1897. While St Therese gave the world her "Ïlittle way" Elizabeth Catez was the "prophet of the presence of God" When St John Paul beatified her on 25 November 1984, he presented her to the Church as one "who led a life hidden with Christ in God." "God dwells within you, do not leave Him so often," she advised.There is an i