On Being Missioned

Never let it enter your mind that you cannot be good in the station you are placed in.  On the contrary, that is the very place that God has appointed, and a performance of the duties of it would insure your salvation.

Cross of Courage

The bright and glorious cross which we now drag alone through the mud and dirt, how beautiful and lovely it will appear when we shall find that it opens the door of our eternal happiness for us.  Follow on with courage!

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On this day in 1975, Mother Seton is canonized St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – the first native-born North American elevated to sainthood.

Employed by the Most High

How sweet it is to be every moment employed in the service and in the sight of the dearest and most generous of Masters, who repays with the tenderness of compassionate love even the good will of His child, however imperfect its execution.

Studying and Happy Birthday

Let your chief study be to acquaint yourself with God because there is nothing greater than God, and because it is the only knowledge which can fill the Heart with a Peace and joy, which nothing can disturb.

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On this day in 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley, the future Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, is born in New York City.

Peace and Tranquility of Heart

You will help others more by the peace and tranquility of your heart than by any eagerness or care you can bestow on them.

Precious

Our least action, when done for God, is precious to Him.

Go Forward!

You must look forward.  At all event this life is worth possessing, if it were only because while we have it we are candidates for a better one.

Judge Not

How liable we are to err in our judgments respecting others, unless we thoroughly know the motives of their actions.

Distracted?

…experiencing daily shows that the actions which we perform for discharging the duties of our state, though they seem sometimes very distracting of themselves bring US NEARER TO GOD…that He communicates himself to the soul in such a manner by secret and unknown Ways in the midst of Necessary Distractions…

Blessings and Privileges

This day, I trust, is noted for me in the book of life, and oh, that the blessings received, and the precious privileges I have enjoyed in it, may be the incitement to a faithful discharge, through divine grace, of every duty which my dear and gracious Master may give me to perform, and that it may make me His own, in thought, word and deed forever, leading me to the Supreme Good, the blessing of losing myself and all things in Him.