by Sister Susan Marie | May 28, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
Pentecost and St Francis de Sales The Holy Spirit is always ready to give us spiritual gifts, and especially on this day. St. Francis de Sales assists us in asking for these gifts: “May it please the Divine Majesty to grant us the gift of fear that we may serve Him...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 22, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
“I pray for those whom you have given me, for they are yours”John 17,1-11 Sermon of St. Francis de Sales of February 27, 1622.Works X 266-268 The great Apostle St. John assures that anyone who says that he loves God and does not love his neighbor, is a...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 18, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
St. Francis de Sales had a deep devotion to the Holy Spirit. Over the next nine days, as a”creative” novena, we will share excerpts of his profound understandings of the Holy Spirit. Source: Treatise on the Love of God, Book 2, Chapter 11 May 18: “When...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 18, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
We Must Endure the Pain While God Tears Away the Old Man ,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 Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article,...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 17, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
by St Francis de Sales O Eternal Father, I thank you for the glorious ascent of our Savior to heaven; of the glory and honor that you have given him, making him sit at your right; of the judicial power which you have placed over all creatures, in heaven, in the earth,...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 14, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
with St Francis de Sales The one who loves me will be loved by my Father;I, too, will love it, and I will manifest myself to him.”John 14,15-21 From the Treatise on the Love of God Book 2 chap. 8 (IV 112) My god Theotime, how much the heart of God is in love...