by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 30, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How Vanity and Ambition Can Sink Our Ship from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at the end.Click for Living Jesus Chatroom Pieter Bruegel the Elder...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 29, 2023 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
Léonie Martin: strength in weakness by Véronique Jacquier Wednesday November 29, 2023 Sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Léonie, born one hundred and sixty years ago, was the enfant terrible of the Martin family. His difficult childhood, coupled with religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2023 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (December 3, 2023) “Expectation full of hope!” Salesian Perspective For St. Francis de Sales, the celebration of the Advent season was the high point of the liturgical year. He loved celebrating the season of Advent because he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2023 | Guard of Honor
Each of us has our own program adapted to our personal situation: that we whether we are active or retired, secular or religious, our schedule is determined. But are we in the Will of God? This desire is manifested by the commandments of God and of the Church, by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Where do desire come from? Do we have control over them?How do we discern between whether we have good versus bad desires?In another letter St. Francis de Sales says (quoting St. Bernard) that the hell is full of good intentions. How could the...