by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Uncategorized
What do you think about St. Francis calling the office of the bishop a “burden”? · What would be a good reason for a bishop to resign? And why might this have been a difficult deliberation? · As part of the decision-making process, St. Francis instructs...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 24, 2021 | Guard of Honor, Uncategorized
dear faithful friends, guards of honor,On the eve of the holiday season, the Sisters of the Visitation and I extend our best wishes to you. May the graces of the Nativity give everyone the peace, joy, hope and strength necessary to live 2022 … without forgetting Zeal...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 24, 2021 | Advent, Uncategorized
From Santiago:
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 13, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
How can all the sufferings of Our Lord give us tranquility? Shouldn’t they give us a sense of sorrow? St. Francis also says that we should compare our sufferings to Our Lord’s sufferings and realize they are so little. Does this simply belittle the crosses...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 12, 2021 | Advent, Uncategorized
We continue our Advent series with thoughts by St. Francis de Sales on the Incarnation, from his sermons. Sunday What is the Incarnation? It is what we call the hypostatic union, the union of the human nature with the divine, a union so close that although there are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized, Visitation History
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint Francis de Sales, in the church of his baptism, in Thorens. December 13, 1641: Birth in Heaven of Saint Jane de Chantal at the monastery of the Visitation of Moulins, at the age of 69. December 17, 1887: Birth of the...