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 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 12, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
He Thinks of the Least Hair of Your Head This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence by St. Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
In the second paragraph of the letter, St. Francis suggests to St. Jane de Chantal that they mutually accept each other’s crosses. How can this be carried out with our friends? How is this helpful to both parties?St. Francis says that “How your letters consoled...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 5, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Friends Share and Even Love One Another’s Crosses The 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...