The Peaceful Stillness of Prayer
Probably she is most known for her Prayer to the Trinity, a prayer that has helped many contemplatives grow in devotion to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This prayer begins with a petition asking the Lord to establish one’s own soul in a peaceful stillness. Whenever we forget about ourselves a little and look to the Lord, it is refreshing. And we need this kind of refreshment on a regular basis. Without it, we compromise ourselves in a thousand petty ways, and we feel trapped in our own egos – and this is a foretaste of hell. When we make time for God, allowing our hearts to rest in Him, if only for a few moments, it is refreshing because it is a foretaste of the perfect freedom awaiting us. For this is what heaven is – the state of being where we are completely free to thrive: free of pettiness, pride, anger, and all selfishness, of everything that impedes our ability to love. It is exactly this stillness and peace, this sacred silence out of which love flows, that Blessed Elisabeth is teaching us to seek from God.
Read her prayer. "May nothing trouble my peace" ! Ha! How about 3 young kiddos and a husband who is an atheist? Getting uninterrupted prayer time is like winning the lottery… For now, He's going to have to possess me on the run. Would that He would!