Two hundred years ago, on January 4, Heaven opened its gate to welcome Elizabeth Ann Seton, the founder of the Sisters of Charity and the first American-born saint. “Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized, offers a model of Christlike living for all ages. Her life was real, her way realistic for believers who are also called to holiness.” (Sr. Betty Ann McNeil, 15 Days of Prayer with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.)
Here is the Blessed Virgin, The Night Between 18 and 19 July 1830
Man is never alone because God is concretely close to him, even with the apparitions of the Virgin, who takes care of Jesus’ brothers and sisters, reminding them, at every age, to do ‘whatever He tells us’. In this consists the life, the meaning, the affirmation of every man: to do what Jesus tells us. […]