by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 14, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Uncategorized
Lift High the Cross This week’s reflection is written byMr. Joseph McDaniel, OSFS Just over a week from now, on September the 14th, the Church will celebrate a most peculiar feast: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. If the title of this feast doesn’t take each of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 9, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Why does charity nourish all other virtues? Charity has the “quality of perfecting the perfections which it meets with, it more greatly perfects where it finds greater perfection.” Discuss what St. Francis means by this. St. Francis says that small acts...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 2, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Do you find the analogy of the army general helpful as an explanation for giving God all glory while still recognizing our merits? What is the relationship between faith, hope, and love? Does one precede the others? Is there a paradox here? What is the distinction...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Can these virtues of faith, hope, and charity be practiced by Christians only? Often faith is presented as a static thing: either you have faith or you do not. What then does it mean that faith is a virtue (which is very much not a static thing)? Why are these...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
This year we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of a Visitation Monastery in Paris, France. The jubilee is highlighted at the Museum of the Visitation in Moulins, France with outstanding exhibits. Here we will share the story of the history of this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 19, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between virtue and divine virtue? Is Saint Francis saying there is no merit in the virtues of a pagan? Related to that, if a virtuous pagan dies without knowing Christ, will his virtue have any effect on his salvation? If virtues are not...