Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Windswept Life Bearing Seeds for the Future
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When we consider Mother Seton’s legacy we can see how her faith in God grounded her life of service, and that heaven itself is seeded with her prayers for the help of others.
Welcoming the Light of Christmas with Open Hearts and Gratitude
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s entire life testified to the meaning of the Incarnation. In Jesus’s vulnerability, He taught us to trust that all of God’s purposes redound to our good. In God’s gift of himself, He taught us how to freely give of ourselves to others.
Immaculate Conception: In Advent, Find God’s Plan for You
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As we see in the Immaculate Conception of Mary, and in the life of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, we are each made for some purpose. Not for “nothing,” but decidedly for “something” in the grand scheme of the world and all of its intended Glory.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Humble Nobility of All Souls Day
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Before she became a foundress and a saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton was a wife, a mother, a teacher. On All Souls Day, her example reminds us of the dignity of the ordinary faithful who keep things going, bearing everyday witness to the power and value of a life in Christ.
The Saints Want Us to Be With Them
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, like so many other saints, took inspiration from the lives of those who came before her. For All Saints Day, why not copy the venerable practice of seeking out a patron saint to teach you throughout the next liturgical year?
St. Augustine and Mother Seton Dared to Ask—“Lord, Who Are You to Me?”
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was a woman of great works, but she was also a mystic. Like Saint Augustine, her restlessness led her to open her heart fully to God, to ask the most essential questions about her very being, knowing that she could fully trust in His answers.
St. Monica and Mother Seton: Joined in Joyous Surrender
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Letting go of fear and the desire to control our own lives leads to the true detachment and peace that mark the lives of Christ’s followers.
Women of the Beatitudes: St. Martha and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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St. Martha is counted as one of the blessed, despite her fears and anxieties, and difficulties in understanding her vocation. What she and Mother Seton teach us is that only in Christ’s call for our lives do we find true joy and consolation.
Praying and Working with Saint Benedict and Mother Seton
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Like Saint Benedict, the father of western monasticism, Mother Seton’s life was grounded in contemplation and action. She was a woman of prayer who put all of her energy into the work God called her towards, always trusting in Grace.