Marie Elizabeth Catez, better known as Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, was born at Bourges, France, July 18, 1BB0 of a family distinguished for its participation in civic and religious affairs. She entered the Carmel of Dijon on August 2, 1901 and swiftly ascended the summits of perfection ? Her earthly life was marked by unusual suffering for months preceding her early departure on November 9, 1906 to Him Whom she loved so intensely. Taking as her vocation on earth and mission in heaven, "the praise of the Most Holy Trinity," and continuously urging those whom she loved to live an interior and recollected life with Cod, Sister Elizabeth has influenced countless souls to adopt the truly Christian practice of always living intimately in the divine presence. In her Reminiscences the saintly Discalced Carmelite Nun has opened the portals of the mystical life to those in the world and those of the cloister alike. A living model in perfection when it comes to the interior life, Sister Elizabeth enjoyed the grace of expressing the sublime with such simplicity that all may find their way to the highest regions of spirituality by following her example. This book traces the similarity between the doctrine of Sister Elizabeth and the teaching of the Second Vatican Council regarding the mystical life. Appropriately, she was beatified on November 25, 1984, by a Pope who, as a bishop, had personally taken part in that council, Pope John Paul II.