by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 24, 2023 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation News
In December the Jubilee of the Heart of Jesus will begin. It is the Commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Marguerite-Marie Alacoque in Paray-le-Monial and therefore of the Jubilee of one and a half...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 24, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
How do we cleanse the affections of our soul?Discuss this line: “We must bid the world a calm and deliberate farewell and withdraw our affections from created things little by little.”St. Francis says we need to disentangle ourselves from this world like a tree being...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 19, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
We Must Bid the World a Calm and Deliberate FarewellThe following article is taken 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 16, 2023 | Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
“I adore and love you, O divine Heart of Jesus living in the Heart of Mary; I beseech you to live and reign in all hearts and to consummate them in your pure love.” Saint Margaret Mary(1647-1690)Religious of the Visitation of Paray-le-MonialConfidante and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 15, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why do we so easily not recognize God’s presence among us?How can we be more cognizant of the ways God is making himself present to us in our lives?What does it mean that God looks upon us with love? What would you say to someone who says it does not look like he...