Today, the first Sunday of Advent, The Divine Office reminds us that we are to consider the three comings of Christ - in history, today and at the end of time, as well as how we are to come to Christ.
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, whose second miracle is being examined in the cause of her canonization, would inspire us to think not so much about coming to Our Lord, but about His increasing presence in us as we yield ourselves to Him.
She says:
"I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul."(Letter 122)
"A soul united to Jesus is a living smile that radiates Him and gives Him."
"I can't find words to express my happiness. Here there is no longer anything but God. He is All; He suffices and we live by Him alone." (Letter 91)
I think that in heaven my mission will be to draw souls, by helping them go out of themselves to cling to God by a wholly simple and loving movement, and to keep them in this great silence
within, that will allow God to communicate Himself to them and transform them into Himself.
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