“As a complement to Mary as comforting mother, Elizabeth felt a bond of motherhood with Mary. She saw her own experience as a mother reflected in that of Mary, the Mother of Jesus… In a sweeping reflection on the feast of the Assumption in 1813, she traced the special blessings Mary received through the stages of motherhood…”
– Sr. Judith Metz, SC, PhD. “I Felt I Had a Mother”: Elizabeth Seton and the Virgin Mary,” Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 35 : Iss. 1 , Article 3.
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