by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 4, 2023 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality
of St. Margaret Mary Source: carnet-de-careme-2017-vf-1-lg.pdf (sacrecoeur-paray.org) 2nd week Covenant with Abraham “Abraham was then living in Chaldea. The Lord said to him: “Leave your country, leave the family and the your father’s house; go to the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2023 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Source: Lent with Saint Francis de Sales – The Visitation of Saint Mary of Annecy (visitationannecy.org) First week of Lent-Saturday “You have learned that it has been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy,’ well I say to you,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2023 | LENT
of St Margaret Mary Source: carnet-de-careme-2017-vf-1-lg.pdf (sacrecoeur-paray.org) 1st week Creation “The Lord planted a garden in Eden And placed there the man whom He had molded ” Gn 2, 8 God has molded us in his garden. Let’s not stray into the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2023 | LENT
The three pillars of Lent are well known: almsgiving, prayer and fasting. We still speak readily of Lenten efforts. In fact, to approach God, asceticism is a demanding path that is not without renunciation. But it is often considered only from a personal point of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2023 | LENT
St Claude de la Colombiere Source: carnet-de-careme-2017-vf-1-lg.pdf (sacrecoeur-paray.org) Ash Wednesday “Blow the trumpet. Prescribe a holy fast. Announce a solemnity. Gather the people. Hold a holy assembly ” “ This 40-day fast was instituted to solemnize the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2023 | LENT, St. Francis de Sales
Source: Lent with Saint Francis de Sales • Istituto Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice (cgfmanet.org) Day 1: From the Letters of Saint Francis de Sales Do you know what Arabian Shepherds do when they see lightning, they hear thunder and realize that the air is crossed by...