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St. Francis de Sales

Serenity in Our Lady and St. Joseph

Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, and as we begin the month of May, we also honor our Blessed Mother in special ways throughout the next 4 weeks. What many virtues they can teach us! St. Francis de Sales highlights the example of this most holy couple by pointing out their serenity [...]

Courage in Discernment

So, you are close to making your decision about your vocation, or you have just said Yes to the Lord! Or, you have just entered upon your Formation Program and are overwhelmed by the call to holiness! Strength at first fills you, but then waves of doubt begin to tumble over your soul. What have [...]

Sun Chat: Temptations

Sun April 28th chat: Struggling with temptation? Let St Francis de Sales help!How does St. Francis’s suggestions expand your capacity to love God and ignore temptation? : http://visitationspirit.org/2013/04/struggling-with-temptation-let-st-francis-de-sales-help/  Car: How did St Francis deal with temptation? It can be hard to figure out how to speak about temptation in general without revealing our personal foibles Sister [...]