Analysis Of Elisabeth's Journal: Seeking The Truth Of Faith

Elisabeth’s journal is seen as Dominican Spirituality, of how she was seeking the truth of the faith. This is the reason she had a conversion, to seek the truth on how one needs to know one is made by God, and the destination that God has plan for one, and understanding others views. Elisabeth sees her own experience as a similar situation the Dominicans went through in the beginning where the reason they where seeking the truth was to fix societies view of the faith; where in Elisabeth social society and society, many where against the Faith. For the Dominicans expressed the truth was through preaching which through study and prayer one could preach the faith. Elisabeth agrees that studying and prayer are important, and states, “We must become “another Christ” among men, bringing like the Divine Model a message of peace, a teaching, and liberty through truth” (Elizabeth Journal pg 227). …show more content…
Another good point, she states about studying is when she says “ Not to accept everything, but to understand everything; not to approve of everything, but to forgive everything; not to adopt everything, but to search for the grain of truth that is contained in everything” ( Elisabeth’s journal pg 211). Her point here is that when studying, one will no agree with everything, that one is trying to learn. The point is to find the truth in it, and be able to use what they learn to help people understand it. With prayer, Elisabeth uses good examples of how, it can help someone through the toughest of