Collected Works

Catherine Addington, PhD, is a translator and scholar of Catholic writing in the Spanish-speaking world. She earned her doctorate in Spanish literature and translation from the University of Virginia in 2021.Sr. María Gonzalo-García, OCSO, is the novice director at the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Our Lady of the Angels (Crozet, Virginia). She is originally from Madrid, Spain, where she completed degrees in social work and theology. She has benefited from Saint Rafael Arnaiz´s spiritual message since the beginning of her monastic journey and hopes to help spread this blessing to others through the English edition of his works.

"There are so many holy heroes waiting for us to stumble upon them, waiting with words that will resonate in our souls and lead us to a closer spiritual union with God. Saint Rafael Arnaiz is a wonderful example of this and through her translation of his collected works, Catherine Addington has made it so for both us and Saint Rafael the wait is over. I have been blessed to get to know this wonderful saint and I smile knowing that countless others will now as well."Tommy Tighe, author of Saint Dymphna's Playbook

• Contents Drawings and Paintings   xvAbbreviations   xviiiMap of Spain   xx“Upheld by Him”: A Saint in the MakingSr. María Gonzalo-García, OCSO   xxiA Note on the Translation      Catherine Addington   liiiI. All the World Can Give: Early Years and Vocational Discernment1. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. April 2, 1921   42. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. June 23, 1930   53. Postcards from Salamanca. July 12, 1930   94. To Mercedes Barón Torres. July 18, 1930   105. To Leopoldo Barón. October 11, 1930   116. To María Osorio. March 15, 1931   177. Impressions of La Trapa. September 1931   208. To Rosa Calvo. January 10, 1932   269. To Luis Fernando Arnaiz Barón. November 4, 1932   2910. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. October 21, 1933   3711. Rafael’s Daily Schedule in Madrid. October 1933   4212. To Dom Félix Alonso García. November 19, 1933   4313. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. November 22, 1933   45 14. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. November 28, 1933   4615. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 3, 1933   4916. To Fernanda Torres. December 7, 1933   5217. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 8, 1933   5418. To Fernanda Torres. December 10, 1933   5619. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 17, 1933   5920. To Leopoldo Barón. December 17, 1933   6221. To Fr. Marcelo León. January 1, 1934   6522. To Dom Félix Alonso García. January 9, 1934   6823. To María Osorio and Leopoldo Barón. January 12, 1934   6924. Dedication of a Little Office to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 14, 1934   7125. Dedication of a Holy Card to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 14, 1934   72 II. A Heart Filled with Joy and Love: Joining the Monastery26. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 16, 1934   7427. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. January 23, 1934   7628. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. January 24, 1934   7829. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 29, 1934   8030. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 30, 1934   8331. To Mercedes Barón Torres. February 18, 1934   8732. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 19, 1934   9033. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. April 1, 1934   9334. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. April 8, 1934   101 III. I Thought That God Was Abandoning Me: Struck by Illness35. To Leopoldo Barón. June 3, 1934   10636. To Fr. Marcelo León. June 11, 1934   109 37. To Leopoldo Barón. June 17, 1934   11338. Dedication of a Holy Card of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus to Ramón Vallaure. July 7, 1934   11839. To Fr. Marcelo León. July 22, 1934   11940. To María Osorio. July 23, 1934   12341. To Fernanda Torres. August 9, 1934   13342. To Fr. Marcelo León. August 11, 1934   13443. To Leopoldo Barón. August 12, 1934   13744. To W. Marino del Hierro. August 15, 1934   14145. To W. Marino del Hierro. August 20, 1934   14546. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 2, 1934   15047. To Fr. Vicente Pardo. September 3, 1934   15448. To Fr. Francisco Díez. September 15, 1934   15649. To Rosa Calvo. September 15, 1934   15950. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 18, 1934   16351. The Trappist’s Apologia. September 19, 1934   16752. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 29, 1934   18253. To Fernanda Torres. September 30, 1934   18654. To Fr. Marcelo León. October 2, 1934   19255. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. October 24, 1934   19456. Literary Notes. October 25, 1934   19657. To Mercedes Barón Torres. November 12, 1934   19758. To Leopoldo Arnaiz Barón. November 14, 1934   19959. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. November 19, 1934   20060. Dedication of a Holy Card to Fr. Buenaventura Ramos Caballero. November 21, 1934   20261. To Fr. Marcelo León. February 21, 1935   20362. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. September 24, 1935   20663. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935   210 IV. Shaped in His Hands: A Path of Oblation64. To Dom Félix Alonso García. October 9, 1935   21465. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935   22166. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935   22367. Dedication of a Holy Card to Dolores Barón Osorio. October 25, 1935   22468. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio. October 27, 1935   22569. To Dom Félix Alonso García. November 7, 1935   22670. To María Osorio. November 8, 1935   22871. To María Osorio. November 11, 1935   23572. To María Osorio. November 16, 1935     23973. To María Osorio. November 18, 1935 25174. To Leopoldo Barón. November 22, 1935   25775. To María Osorio. November 22, 1935   26076. To María Osorio. November 26, 1935   27177. To María Osorio. November 27, 1935   27578. To María Osorio. December 1, 1935   28879. Notes Written by Rafael in His Copy of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Second Half of 1935   29480. Dedication of a Little Office to his Mother, Mercedes Barón Torres. December 2, 1935   29581. To María Osorio. December 4, 1935   29682. To Leopoldo Barón. December 5, 1935   30283. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio. December 5, 1935   30484. To María Osorio. December 7, 1935   30685. To María Osorio. December 10, 1935   31186. To María Osorio. December 15, 1935   32287. To Leopoldo Barón. December 16, 1935   32888. To Fernanda Torres. December 17, 1935   333 89. To María Osorio. December 20, 1935   33590. To María Osorio. December 24, 1935   34691. Dedication of a Holy Card to Br. Jesús Sandoval. December 25, 1935   34892. To María Osorio. December 26, 1935   34993. To María Osorio. December 27, 1935   35494. To María Osorio. December 29, 1935   36195. To Fr. José Olmedo. January 3, 1936   36796. To W. Marino del Hierro. January 3, 1936   36997. To María Osorio. January 3, 1936   37098. To María Osorio. January 4, 1936   37399. To José Olmedo. January 7, 1936   379100. Dedication of a Holy Card to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 9, 1936   380101. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. January 10, 1936   381 V. The Circus Clown: The Last One in the Community102. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. January 14, 1936   384103. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 9, 1936   386104. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 18, 1936   396105. To María Osorio. February 23, 1936   398106. To Leopoldo Barón. April 17, 1936   405107. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. June 14, 1936   411108. Meditations of a Trappist: How Great God Is! July 12, 1936   412109. Meditations of a Trappist: Knowing How to Wait. July 12, 1936   415110. Meditations of a Trappist: A Worldly Youth. July 19, 1936   416111. Meditations of a Trappist: What Will Happen in Spain? July 19, 1936   420 112. Meditations of a Trappist: “The Nations Are in an Uproar.” July 24, 1936   422113. Meditations of a Trappist: The Circus Clown. July 24, 1936   425114. Meditations of a Trappist: Silence. July 25, 1936   426115. Meditations of a Trappist: The Day Goes By. July 25, 1936   428116. Meditations of a Trappist: The Hour of Vespers. July 25, 1936   430117. Meditations of a Trappist: How to Be Happy. July 26, 1936   433118. Meditations of a Trappist: Viaticum. July 27, 1936   436119. Meditations of a Trappist: Not Knowing How to Cut Grass. July 29, 1936   438120. Meditations of a Trappist: The Sea in Fair Weather. July 30, 1936   440121. Meditations of a Trappist: How Great Is the Mercy of God! August 1, 1936   442122. Meditations of a Trappist: The Tower Bells. August 2, 1936   444123. Meditations of a Trappist: Spain Is at War. August 2, 1936   446124. Meditations of a Trappist: Life Is a Struggle. August 3, 1936   449125. Meditations of a Trappist: Tying Sheaves. August 3, 1936   451126. Meditations of a Trappist: No News from the World. August 4, 1936   453127. Meditations of a Trappist: On Our Way to Work. August 5, 1936   454128. Meditations of a Trappist: You Don’t Just Come and Conquer. August 5, 1936   457129. Meditations of a Trappist: The Pears in the Grove. August 6, 1936   459130. Meditations of a Trappist: You Alone. August 8, 1936   461131. To Leopoldo Barón. August 30, 1936   464132. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. September 13, 1936   468133. To Luis Fernando Arnaiz Barón. September 13, 1936 471 VI. A Deer That Thirsts: The Interior Trappist134. To Mercedes Barón. October 18, 1936   474135. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón. November 14, 1936   477136. My Notebook. December 8, 1936   479137. My Notebook: “As a Deer Longs for Flowing Streams.” December 9, 1936   481138. My Notebook: Solitude. December 11, 1936   486139. My Notebook: The Antics of the Turnips. December 12, 1936   490140. My Notebook: Hidden. December 14, 1936   494141. My Notebook: Freedom. December 15, 1936   497142. My Notebook: “Raise Your Heads, because Your Redemption Is Drawing Near.” December 22, 1936   502143. My Notebook: Pax! December 23, 1936   507144. My Notebook: Meditation. December 27, 1936   508145. My Notebook: “Laudate Dominum omnes gentes.” December 30, 1936   510146. My Notebook: Happy New Year!! January 1, 1937   514147. My Notebook: Just God and Me. January 4, 1937   516148. My Notebook: “Wise Men from the East Came to Jerusalem, Asking, Where Is the One Who Has Been Born, Whose Star We Have Observed?” January 6, 1937   518149. My Notebook: A War in the World. January 8, 1937   521150. My Notebook: “The Lord Gave, and the Lord Has Taken Away.” January 10, 1937   523151. My Notebook: The View from My Window. January 13, 1937   528152. My Notebook: The Wind. January 15, 1937   531153. My Notebook: My Notebook. January 18, 1937   532154. My Notebook: Meditation on a Passage from Kempis. January 20, 1937   535 155. My Notebook: My Pencil. January 22, 1937   540156. My Notebook: Simplicity and Openness. January 25, 1937   542157. My Notebook: My Heaven on Earth. January 28, 1937   545158. My Notebook: “Fiat.” February 6, 1937   546 VII. Foolishness for Christ: In the World Once Again159. To Leopoldo Barón. March 18, 1937   550160. To María Osorio. May 8, 1937   553161. To María Osorio. September 3, 1937   562162. To Leopoldo Barón. September 25, 1937   566163. To Leopoldo Barón. September 26, 1937   574164. To Leopoldo Barón. October 11, 1937   580165. To Leopoldo Torres. October 30, 1937   585166. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. November 1, 1937   589167. To Fr. Francisco Díez. November 29, 1937   594168. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. December 1, 1937   596169. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. 1937   602 VIII. It Is Love . . . : The Ultimate Sacrifice of Praise170. God and My Soul. December 16, 1937   606171. God and My Soul: Everything I Do Is because of God. December 21, 1937   608172. God and My Soul: Take It All, Lord! December 26, 1937   609173. God and My Soul: Perseverance in Prayer. December 29, 1937   611174. God and My Soul: Humility. December 31, 1937   612175. God and My Soul: My Vow. January 1, 1938   613176. To Mercedes Barón. January 6, 1938   615177. God and My Soul: My Will Is Yours, Lord! January 6, 1938   619178. God and My Soul: “The Greatest Penance Is Community Life.” January 7, 1938   620179. God and My Soul: Teach Me, Lord, to Love Your Cross. January 31, 1938   621 180. God and My Soul: How Good You Are, Lord; You Love Me So Much. February 5, 1938   623181. God and My Soul: The Greatest Consolation Is to Have None at All. February 12, 1938   626182. God and My Soul: Living United to Your Cross. February 13, 1938   629183. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 14, 1938   632184. God and My Soul: You, Lord, Are My Hope. February 18, 1938   634185. God and My Soul: I Desire Only You and Your Cross. February 23, 1938   637186. God and My Soul: “I Am the Resurrection and the Life.” February 26, 1938   640187. God and My Soul: I Offered My Life to the Lord. February 27, 1938   643188. God and My Soul: “How Long, O Lord?” March 4, 1938   646189. God and My Soul: Jesus Is Where I Belong! March 7, 1938   649190. God and My Soul: Nothing That Comes to an End Is of Great Value. March 8, 1938   651191. God and My Soul: Virgin Mary, I Offer You My Will. March 9, 1938   653192. Dedication of a Holy Card to Br. Damián Yáñez. March 9, 1938   654193. God and My Soul: Lord, How Hard It Is to Live! March 13, 1938   655194. God and My Soul: To Die for Jesus and Mary. March 19, 1938   659195. God and My Soul: I Am So Tired, Lord! March 20, 1938   662196. God and My Soul: A Visit with His Brother Luis Fernando. March 25, 1938   665197. God and My Soul: A Little Piece of His Cross. March 28, 1938   668198. God and My Soul: When Will You Begin? April 1, 1938   670 199. God and My Soul: Relishing the Cross. April 3, 1938   671200. God and My Soul: How Good It Is to Live Close to the Cross of Christ! April 7, 1938   675201. God and My Soul: Palm Sunday. April 10, 1938   678202. God and My Soul: Holy Tuesday. April 12, 1938   682203. God and My Soul: Holy Wednesday. April 13, 1938   686204. God and My Soul: Holy Thursday. April 14, 1938   688205. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. April 15, 1938   690206. God and My Soul: Easter Sunday. April 17, 1938   693207. To Leopoldo Arnaiz Barón. April 17, 1938   694208. Chapter of Faults   698 IX. Never Stop Looking to the Heights: Prayers and Other Undated Passages209. Passages from Notes I   700210. Passages from Notes II   701211. Passages from Notes III   704212. A Prayer in Time of War   706213. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio   708214. Dedication of a Holy Card to Rosa Calvo   709215. Loose Paper Written in Pencil   710216. Note in Rafael’s Bible   711217. Gloss on Psalm 6   712218. Dedication of a Holy Card to Fernando Barón Osorio   713219. Dedication of a Holy Card   714Addressees   715Time Line   717Photographs   719Bibliography   725