"It is easier for feeble straw to resist a mighty fire, than for than for the nature of sin to resist the power of love. We must cultivate this love in our souls, that we may take our place with all the saints, for they were all pleasing unto God through their love for their neighbor." - Grand Duchess Elizabeth, reflecting on the assassination of her husband Grand Duke Sergei Romanov, between his death in 1905 and Elizabeth's founding of the Martha and Mary Convent of Love and Mercy in Moscow in 1909.
Elizabeth of Hesse was made martyr in July 1918 along with Sister Barbara and the Romanov family somewhere in Siberia by Bolsheviks.
Were it not for Father Seraphim, her story would never come to light about the atrocities committed in the name of socialism.
So if you are poor, pregnant, or alone, please pray to Elizabeth of Hesse.
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