The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like a vessel of water that cannot be settled while you are continualy stirring the earthly particles from the… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
Disorder in the society is the result of disorder in the family. — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
Can you expect to go to heaven for nothing? Did not our Savior track the whole way to it with His tears and blood?… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
God is everywhere, in the very air I breathe, yes everywhere, but in His Sacrament of the Altar He is as present actually and… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament . . . I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . .… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
