by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 12, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Reflections:What does Jesus mean when He says, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26)?Based on this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 9, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Discerning God’s Will When One’s Parents Object This week we read a story about the life of St. Francis de Sales based on Butler’s Lives of the Saints.We encounter St. Francis as a young priest, caught in the tension between the wishes of his father and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 5, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
St. Francis says that we should praise God if we lose a loved one, instead of grieving. Does this conflict with what we see when Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus (John 11:35)?How can we have hope in the grieving process if the person was far from God...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
This Life Is Only a Passage to Eternity This week we read an article from St. Francis de Sales about embracing the loss of loved ones.This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on Eternity by St. Francis de Sales, which is published by TAN Books.To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
What is shame, and why is it a good thing?What does it mean to “put on the new man” if we still struggle with sin and concupiscence?Discuss this line: “it is self-love that raises a good deal of this confusion, because we are offended at not being...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
We Gain Considerably by Our Loss This week we read an article from St. Francis de Sales about abandonment to God.This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on Trials of An Interior Life by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN...