Pilgrimage

For quite some time I have wanted to go to Emmitsburg, Maryland to visit Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton's Home. She is the patron Saint of teachers as well as Homeschoolers and our home school group prays to her continuously to help us on our journey on this narrow road we travel. For several Summers now I tell the kids this is the year we will head down there and then the Summer fills up and we never end up going. My husband had off Tuesday and told us that would be a good day to pack up our lunches and make it happen and we did just that. I am thrilled with all we walked away with. Her story has touched my life on so many levels. She was a wife, Mother, sister, daughter, teacher and nun. She had so many hardships and kept looking to God and praising him. In her difficult times she praised him more and what I found so inspiring is that she trusted more as well. When life got her down she turned to God in hope, when many of us turn to despair. She always knew that he knew best. I pray for that strength, love and trust.

I pray for all of us on this journey that Mother Seton will intercede for us to help us to be exactly what our Lord needs us to be for our children. Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton, pray for us.