My God, Holy Trinity, Whom I Adore of Blessed Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity

My God, Holy Trinity, Whom I Adore

My God, Holy Trinity, Whom I adore, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I give You my heart and my soul, and I consecrate them entirely to You.

I long to live in You, to remain hidden in the depths of Your love, and to be wholly transformed by Your grace.

O Divine Trinity, unite me so closely to You that nothing may separate me from Your love, now and forever. Amen.

The prayer "O My God, Trinity Whom I Adore" is a profound expression of spiritual devotion composed by Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity. This prayer reflects her deep mystical experience and understanding of the indwelling of the Holy Trinity within the soul.

Born Elizabeth Catez in Avor, France, in 1880, she entered the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Dijon in 1901, taking the name Elizabeth of the Trinity. Her spiritual life was characterized by an intense awareness of God's presence, which she often referred to as her "Three" She composed this significant prayer on November 21, 1904. This date followed an eight-day community retreat focused on the Mystery of the Incarnation, and it coincided with the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a day when Carmelites renew their religious vows. The prayer was discovered among her private papers after her death.

The prayer itself is structured as a direct address to each person of the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son (Christ), and the Holy Spirit, culminating in an address to the Trinity as a whole.

• To the Trinity as a whole: She begins by asking God, the Trinity whom she adores, to help her forget herself and abide in Him, peaceful as if her soul were already in eternity. She prays that nothing would disturb her peace or separate her from God, and that each moment would draw her deeper into His mystery. She asks God to pacify her soul, making it His heaven, beloved home, and place of repose, where she would be ever attentive, alert in faith, adoring, and surrendered to His creative action.

• To Christ: She expresses a desire to be a "spouse of His heart," to love Him "even unto death," and asks Him to adorn her with Himself, identifying her soul with His, so that her life becomes a reflection of His. She invites Him to come into her as Adorer, Redeemer, and Savior.

• To the Eternal Word (Christ): She wishes to spend her life listening to Him, to be fully receptive, and to keep her eyes fixed on Him in all darkness, loneliness, and weakness, abiding under His great light.

• To the Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love (Holy Spirit): She asks the Spirit to descend into her soul and make all in her an incarnation of the Word, so she may be a "super-added humanity" for Him.

• To the Father: She asks the Father to bend lovingly over her, seeing in her only His beloved Son.

• To her "Three" (the Trinity): She concludes by surrendering herself as a "prey to be consumed," asking the Trinity to enclose Themselves in her so she may be absorbed in Them and contemplate the abyss of Their splendor.

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity's prayer is considered one of the most beautiful and profound in Christian spirituality, reflecting her mission to draw souls to God by helping them discover the indwelling Trinity within themselves. She died at the age of 26 in 1906 from Addison's disease and was canonized by Pope Francis on October 16, 2016.