Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton stated “the reward of sacrifice is peace”. Saint Elizabeth showed and demonstrated self-denial in many ways. For example, she would often a wake up early on occasion for mass or spend extra time in prayer. She also encouraged others to do the same and maybe even more, like skipping a meal on occasion or giving up something that was wanted by that person. She also learned that contributing money to charity or contributing her time to charity as much as one would contribute money to desires or as one would contribute time to do their favorite activities would result in peace. She concluded that once we eliminate self-giving, self-love, and self-will from our hearts, souls, and actions that we can create a bigger space
