The life of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born saint in the US, was marked by sorrows, beginning with the death of her husband. When she converted to Catholicism, she was disowned by her family, leaving her penniless with the care of her five children. She found a home
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in Baltimore, where she started a parish school, and later a religious congregation, the Sisters of Charity. But the death of her 16 yr old daughter brought her close to despair. She was consoled by a priest who assured her of her "celestial commission." She died Jan 4, 1821:

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"I am sick, but not dying; troubled on every side, but not distressed; perplexed, but not despairing; afflicted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; knowing the affliction of this life is but for a moment, for the glory and the life to come will be eternal."
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