Elizabeth Ann Seton Quotes
Faith lifts the soul, Hope supports it, Experience says it must and Love says...let it be!.
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 it; and thirdly to do it because it is his will.
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.
We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.
When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use it.
Can you expect to go to heaven for nothing? Did not our Savior track the whole way to it with His tears and blood? And yet you stop at every little pain.
How sweet, the presence of Jesus to the longing, harassed soul! It is instant peace, and balm to every wound.
