Following the Master’s Plan: Saint Dominic and Mother Seton
Like many other great religious founders, St. Dominic and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had no master plan. They simply opened their hearts to the certainty of Christ’s call, revealing itself through the signs of their times.
The Fervor of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Transfiguration
The example of Peter during the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor warns us against taking easy roads to holiness, a lesson that Mother Seton embodied in her life. She always stayed on the narrow path, walking alongside Christ, all the way to heaven.
Dying, to Live: Blessed Stanley Rother and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Blessed Stanley Rother and Mother Seton accepted death as a part of life, their peace and certainty sure signs that at the end of their lives they would find nothing but Christ.
Beyond Idolatry: Learning to Love with St. Bonaventure and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The great theologian St. Bonaventure understood, as Mother Seton did, that Christian faith is grounded in absolute trust in God’s love for us. And that it is the miraculous abundance of this assurance that spills over into our love of others.
Thea Bowman and Mother Seton: Living the Paradox of the Gospel
In their lives, Servant of God Thea Bowman and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton were content to do their “little bit,” to plant the seeds of God’s love that would bring forth a bountiful harvest in heaven and on earth.
Living Ash Wednesday the Way Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Did
Mother Seton didn’t walk the Way of the Cross alone during her life, but rather she surrounded herself with a community, with whom she journeyed in mutual dependence, step by step, along the path Christ set for them. During Lent, together with the Church, we are all invited to do the same.
To Take Wing and Soar: Awaiting Easter with St. Benedict Joseph Labre and Mother Seton
As we await Easter, let us follow Jesus, along with Benedict Joseph Labre and Elizabeth Ann Seton, as they enter into the freedom of the Resurrection.
The Empty Tomb: Seeking the Resurrected Christ with Mary Magdalene and Elizabeth Ann Seton
With St. Mary Magdalene, let us accept Christ’s ‘Do not touch me’ with the certainty that His words give us a new mission, and a new way to be with Him, just as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton met the hardships of her life with renewed faith and strength.