A Saint with a Profoundly Happy Marriage

Monday (Nov. 17) is the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI said of her:

Elizabeth’s marriage was profoundly happy: she helped her husband to raise his human qualities to a supernatural level and he, in exchange, stood up for his wife’s generosity to the poor and for her religious practices. Increasingly admired for his wife’s great faith, Ludwig said to her, referring to her attention to the poor: “Dear Elizabeth, it is Christ whom you have cleansed, nourished and cared for”. A clear witness to how faith and love of God and neighbor strengthen family life and deepen ever more the matrimonial union.