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Élisabeth Leseur

French mystic (–)

Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur (16 October – 3 May ), born Pauline Élisabeth Arrighi, was a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of her husband, Félix Leseur (&#;), a medical doctor and well known leader of the French anti-clerical, atheistic movement.[1] The cause for the beatification of Élisabeth Leseur was opened in Her current status in the process is that of a Servant of God.

Life

Élisabeth was born in Paris to a wealthy bourgeoisFrench family of Corsican descent.

Biography of mahatma gandhi She was a woman who had to endure many trials in her married life. Her way of living, as well as her prayers and sacrifices, ultimately led to the conversion of her husband, Felix Leseur, an adamant atheist who had so often opposed and ridiculed Elizabeth for her faith. Elisabeth Arrighi Leseur , daughter of Antoine and Marie- Laure Arrighi , was born in into a wealthy and sophisticated family in Paris. She and her siblings were brought up and educated like any other Catholic family of the time. From her childhood, Elisabeth stood out for her devout way of life.

She had had hepatitis as a child, and it recurred throughout her life with attacks of varying severity.[2] Well-to-do by birth and marriage, she was a part of a social group that was cultured, educated, and generally antireligious.[3] The attachment of the couple was strong, though overshadowed by the childlessness of the marriage and their ever-growing religious disagreement.

Rather conventionally religious in her younger years, Élisabeth Leseur was prompted by the attacks of her husband against Christianity and religion to probe deeper into her faith. She thus underwent a religious conversion at the age of thirty-two. From this time on, she saw her major task in praying for the conversion of her husband, while remaining patient with his constant attacks on her faith.

When she was able, she worked on charitable projects for poor families and funded other charitable activities.

Spiritual writer; b. Paris, Oct. Paris, May 3, She was the eldest of five children of a cultivated background, and attended a small private school. Paradoxically, the book awakened her dormant faith, and her Spiritual Journal begins at this point.

Largely unknown by her husband, she had a vast spiritual correspondence for many years. She was concerned about the "poor" or the "least," but her deteriorating health restricted her ability to respond to this concern. In her health deteriorated to the extent that she was forced to lead a primarily sedentary life, receiving visitors and directing her household from a chaise longue.

In she had surgery and radiation for a malignant tumor, recovered, and then was bedridden by July She died from generalized cancer in May [2]

Spirituality

From the beginning, she organized her spiritual life around a disciplined pattern of prayer, meditation, reading, sacramental practice, and writing.

Charity was the organizing principle of her asceticism.

Elisabeth lesueur biography of mahatma The cause for the beatification of Elisabeth Leseur was started in Her current status in the process is that of a Servant of God. She had had hepatitis as a child, and it recurred throughout her life with attacks of varying severity. The attachment of the couple was strong, though overshadowed by the childlessness of the marriage and their ever-growing religious disagreement. She thus underwent a religious conversion at the age of thirty-two.

In her approach to mortification, she followed Saint Francis de Sales who recommended moderation and internal, hidden strategies instead of external practices.[2]

Legacy

After her death, her husband found a note by her addressed to himself, that prophesied about his conversion and him becoming a priest.

In order to get rid of such "superstition", Félix left for the Marianshrine of Lourdes, wanting to expose the reports of the healings there as fake. At the Lourdes grotto however, he experienced a religious conversion. Félix subsequently published his wife's journal, Journal et pensées pour chaque jour; and due to its favorable reception, a year later in , published some of his wife's letters under the title of Lettres sur la Souffrance.[2]

In Fulton J.

Sheen, who would later become an archbishop and popular American television and radio figure, made a retreat under the direction of Fr. Leseur. During many hours of spiritual direction, Sheen learned of the life of Élisabeth and the conversion of Félix.

  • Sheen subsequently repeated this conversion story in many of his presentations.[4]

    A cause for Leseur's beatification was formally opened on 2 July , granting her the title of Servant of God.[5]

    References

    1. ^Leseur OP, Fr. Felix, In Memoriam, in Journal et pensees de chaque jour, Paris,
    2. ^ abcdRuffing R.S.M., Janet K., "Physical Illness: A Mystically Transformative Element in the Life of Elizabeth Leseur", Spiritual Life, Vol, Number 4, Winter
    3. ^Ruffing RSM, Janet K., Elizabeth Laseur: A Strangely Forgotten Modern Saint, in Lay Sanctity, Medieval and Modern, Ann W.

      Astrell, ed.

    4. ^* Sheen, Fulton J. "Marriage Problems"[usurped] (part 40 of a recorded catechism, available online]
    5. ^Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January p.&#;

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