In Troubled Times, Look to Leo the Great and Mother Seton
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The saints who have gone before us show us how to live with the conflicts and turmoil of our times.
Can We Ever Pray Enough Prayers for the Dead?
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton knew the secret of God’s grace and generosity. She once wrote: “The greater my unworthiness, the more abundant His mercy.” Her words are a great consolation when we feel weak in the face of a world that needs us.
Duns Scotus, ‘Master of Thought and Life,’ and Mother Seton
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Blessed John Duns Scotus were certain that God, outside of time, is not bound by human categories. By the witness of their lives and their mystical insights, these saints connected the earthly realities of Christ’s Incarnation to the inexhaustible mystery of Divine Revelation.
Growing in Humility with St. Charles Borromeo and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Humility consists in embracing God and his ways over the ways of the earth, no matter the cost.
St. Martin de Porres and Mother Seton Found New Families of Charity in Christ
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St. Martin de Porres and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton experienced broken families and health crises throughout their lives and responded with radical charity, gathering Catholic communities to teach and heal.
On the Way to Sainthood, Holiness Means Being Fully Yourself
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As we see in the life of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the Americans “on their way” to sainthood show us that sanctity is not perfection but surrender, not an escape from our humanity but its fulfillment in Christ.
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?
When Heaven Draws Near: Encountering American Saints on Their Way
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Like Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, these holy American men and women captivated me. They convinced me: holiness is not a fairy tale or the stuff of legend — it is possible, here and now. Through them, the saints became real for me.