by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 25, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, LENT
A Perfection of Courage and Unbelievable Fervor of Spirit LIVE+JESUS The Passion of Jesus is certainly an account of the end of his earthly life. But the Passion of Jesus is also something that was demonstrated every day of his earthly life....
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 24, 2015 | Year of Consecrated Life
No one lately has expressed the essence of love in the consecrated life better than Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa in his recent Lenten article, East and West Before the Mystery of Christ, March 13, 2015: “True and whole-hearted love is a pearl enclosed between the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Here are some questions that will guild our reflection: What does it mean that God dwells in us? Jesus prayed to the Father: “I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them” (John...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 22, 2015 | Events, Holy Year of Mercy, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
Pope Francis has announced a Holy Year of Mercy to begin in December 2015. We shared this information and also some perspectives on St. Francis de Sales’ understanding of mercy in a previous post....
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 21, 2015 | LENT
Simplicity of Mind and Heart Byline: Sr. Mary Berchmans Hannan Recently I received a pamphlet describing the Visitation Basilica in Annecy from a Visitation family who had a most enjoyable visit to this most beautiful spot in God’s creation. I was struck by a...