5 Things St. Gregory the Great and Mother Seton Had in Common
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The wisdom of the Saints transcends time and place, as we see in the lives of St. Gregory the Great and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Separated by 1,200 years, each Saint lived in tumultuous times, balancing action and contemplation in ways that are relevant in any age.
Spiritual Motherhood: The Examples of St. Jeanne Jugan and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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God creates all women with a unique capacity for life-giving, nurturing love. Mother Seton and St. Jeanne Jugan show us how each woman expresses that gift in unique ways.
Saint for a New Nation: The Uncommon Docility of Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Celebrating Mother Seton’s birthday reminds us that God calls forth new saints in every place and in every age. He needs only what he needed at Nazareth, when Mary first said “yes”—a willing heart. For the United States, he found such a heart in Elizabeth Ann Seton.
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.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Louis IX: Christian Leaders
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Despite the obvious differences of gender, social status, nationality and historical era, Elizabeth Ann Seton and King Louis IX of France shared a common vision based on faith. They modeled their lives on Love itself.
How the Queenship of Mary Helps Us To Understand Mother Seton’s Courage
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We don’t like to put ourselves under the authority of another. For us, power is often synonymous with oppression. But in Christ, and in Our Lady, Mother Seton, and the saints, power exists in the framework of love. And when Love is what rules us, everything changes.
Mother Seton’s ‘Certain Hope’ in Mary, Assumed Into Heaven
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The Church teaches that Mary’s Assumption anticipates the resurrection and is a sign of hope and comfort for us all. In her life, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton continually relied on this certain hope, in the sure knowledge of Mary’s presence in eternity, body and soul.
The Call, the Cross, the Crown: Mother Seton and Maximilian Kolbe
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The Christian life asks of us devotion and suffering but promises to those who persevere the crown of eternal life.