Track 171 — Consolation

Ab major · 4/4 · 48 BPM · 4:48
Cello, English horn, harp, viola, oboe

The warmth offered to someone in pain. Cello opens alone. English horn descends, acknowledging hurt. Harp weaves tears into light. Oboe enters last — pain easing.

178 notes · 0.64 n/s · 65th emotion

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Quote of the day, 21 February: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“Any destiny that doesn’t have its calvary is a punishment from God.”

Oh, then, if we knew how to surrender ourselves totally into the hands of Him who is our Father. . . . I recommend your intentions to Him.

Do not doubt Him, dear Madame, abandon everything to Him, as well as to your little friend [Elizabeth]. . . . She will be your advocate . . . for her mission is to pray unceasingly, and you know how much that holds true for you! She is so HAPPY, with a happiness that God alone knows, for He is its sole Object, a happiness that closely resembles that of Heaven.

During this Lent, so divine in Carmel, my soul will be especially united to yours. I am asking God to show you the sweetness of His presence and to make your soul a sanctuary where He can come to be consoled. Will you let me enter there and, with you, adore Him who dwells there?

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Letter 157 to Madame de Sourdon (excerpt)
21 February 1903

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2003, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel, Nash, A (trans.), ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Detail from a photo taken shortly after Elizabeth’s solemn profession and veiling in January 1903. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites (By permission).

As a society we seem to have lost the sense of compassion and consolation. Here's a favorite quote of mine for reflection: https://listed.to/@lifesjourney/69555/compassion

#CompassionInAction #consolation #HenriNouwen #mentalhealth

Quote of the day, 18 February: St. Teresa of Avila

Jesus. May the Holy Spirit be with your honor, my sister. I tell you that if I were to go about looking for my own satisfaction, I would consider it a trial that we are always so separated. Since, however, we are in a land of exile, we will have to endure it until our Lord brings us to the place that will last forever.

I am leaving, God willing, on Ash Wednesday. I will be in Medina for eight days—for I cannot delay—nor do I even know if it will be that long; then another eight days in Avila. I’ll be greatly consoled to see you there even if for only one day …

Saint Teresa of Avila

Letter 327 to her sister, Doña Juana de Ahumada
Written from Malagón, the second half of January 1580

Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Faithful from Antigua, Guatemala attend Ash Wednesday Masses in various parishes in the city | Nelomh.com / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

I remember the nights when the city lights slipped through the cracks in the curtains, painting playful, crooked shadows on the walls. We’d talk for hours, joyfully unraveling the world, the universe, and the sheer wonder of being. I’d tease your beliefs and challenge your assumptions, and somehow, in all that laughter and curiosity, we found consolation. Those were the times!

#vss365 #consolation

When there were clouds
we thought nothing of it
since these solar obstructions
always moved on in the past

Now that we've achieved stagnation
the sun is on permanent vacation

Not that this glare free existence
is any #consolation
that Ice Age Two
is our new residence

#vss365 #poetry #poem #fromoneline

Focus on the breath
Stretch your awareness inward
#Consolation piece

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#haiku #haikufeels #vss365
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

The Inferiority Complex

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/the-inferiority-complex/

As-tu bonne conscience ? 🤔💭😇

#editionssalvator #thomasmore #conscience #passion #liberte #philo #loi #riche #sensdelavie #choix #quete #paix #paixinterieure #illusion #source #ambition #desir #plaire #dignite #sens #dieu #force #gloire #consolation

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An die musik

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng-XwSxRq6Y

#Schubert #lieder #music #consolation