The Church teaches that Mary’s Assumption anticipates the resurrection and is a sign of hope and comfort for us all. In her life, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton continually relied on this certain hope, in the sure knowledge of Mary’s presence in eternity, body and soul.
![Mother Seton’s ‘Certain Hope’ in Mary, Assumed Into Heaven](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2022/08/LAssomption_de_la_Vierge_Le_Brun.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)