by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
A Ball of Wax in God’s Hands Byline: Sr. Mary Berchmans Hannan “The indifferent heart is like a ball of wax in God’s hands, ready to accept all the impressions of his eternal good pleasure. It does not place its love in the things God wills, but in the will of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Last week we asked about the accusation of Jesus dining with tax collectors and sinners, and His response was: “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:13). How might this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales
The Feast of St. Frances of Rome is celebrated on March 9th and is significant to Visitandines in light of St. Francis de Sales’ admiration for the Saint. He used her life and experiences as examples in both his major works, Introduction to the Devout Life, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
An excellent reflection on a characteristic virtue of St. Francis de Sales much in need in our world today, patience, written by Father William Nessel, OSFS: Lenten Reflections: Patience...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2015 | LENT, Saintly Visitandines
This week’s meditation takes the form of the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds, a devotional that Our Lord encouraged Sister Mary Martha Chambon VHM, a mystic of the Order, to say and share. On a certain Sunday in Lent, her Beloved Lord came to her and said,”...