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Holy Year of Mercy reflections for your bulletin or website - The Holy Year of Mercy: Reflections

You don’t have to be a saint to help others but having one as a model can be a big help. Why not check out Elizabeth Ann Seton, a saint who was born and raised in New York City in the late 1700s. She has a fascinating story—she was Episcopalian then Catholic, a wife and mother then a widow, and finally a Catholic sister and founder of a religious community. She is perhaps most remembered, however, as a person of compassion. She had learned well from her physician father to reach out to those in need. Caring for people at first in small ways helped Elizabeth develop a heart of compassion for all and a commitment to serving others. Readings: 1 John 4:7-10; Mark 6:34-44. “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God.”

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27 Sep 2020 - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

If you judge people you have no time to love them. —Saint Mother Teresa The fundamental thing for the member is to be united with all the other members of the Mystical Body; the essential Christian virtue is, then, the virtue which unites all members in Christ, that is, charity. —Émile Mersch, S.J. The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it. —Elizabeth Ann Seton

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11 Apr 2021 - Solemnity of the Second Sunday of Easter; Divine Mercy Sunday, Cycle B

The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it. —Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You have to doubt and reject everything else in order to believe firmly in Christ, and after you have begun to believe, your faith itself must be tested and purified. —Thomas Merton To the hungry belongs the bread you have. To the naked belongs the cloak that is hidden in your trunk. To the footsore, the shoes rotting in your house. To the poor the money you have buried in the earth. How can you oppress so many people that you could help? —Saint Basil the Great

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07 July 2024 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean. —Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton My attitude is that if you push me toward something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. —Michael Jordan

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27 Jul 2025 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

And what was the first rule of our dear Savior’s life? You know it was to do his Father’s will. Well, then, the first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will. —Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

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