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Lisa Lickona

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.

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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.

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Following Mother Seton’s Path Into the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Following Mother Seton’s Path Into the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Devotion to the Sacred Heart teaches us that the way of the saints is not about an abstract ideal or rules for life, but about the unfathomable love of God, who we embrace—blood, sweat and all.

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Mother Seton St. Josemaria Escriva

The Play of the Heart: Saint Josemaría Escrivá and Mother Seton

God does not call us to a life void of joy and light. God is found both when we pray and play. He makes His presence known in the daily tasks of ordinary life—something that both St. Josemaría Escrivá and Mother Seton understood.

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Crying Out to God With Saint Ephrem and Mother Seton

When we experience the anguish of violence in the world, we can cry out to the Lord with Elizabeth and Ephrem, and let Him tenderly heal us.

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Thea Bowman

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.

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Lent with Mother Seton

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.

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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.

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Discovering the True Simplicity of Sainthood with St. Mary Magdalene and Mother Seton

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.

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