by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2012 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
A beautiful way to live Lent is to grow in the Love of the Heart of Jesus. Is it not true that the aim of our ongoing conversion is to get closer to Jesus and His heavenly Father? To love the heart of Jesus is the core of our spiritual life. All the initiatives of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2012 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
(Continued from our previous installment) An increase in the stream of grace flowing from the Heart of Jesus to that of Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart’s was soon to expand her vision for the new association as the Scripture texts of Palm Sunday, 1863, were read:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2012 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud , a French mystic (1825-1903) and Foundress of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart Born Constance Bernaud in Besancon, France on October 28, 1825 and the eldest of eight children, our sister first learned of the Sacred Heart...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 14, 2012 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
February 15th is the Feast of the Jesuit Saint Claude de la Colombiere. http://www.visitationmonastery.co.uk/lifeclaude.html A powerful bond united St Claude and the Visitation Nun St Margaret Mary in the accomplishment of a special mission: the establishment of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 4, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Conclusion: The annual retreats were times of special joy for Sr. Mary Martha. Then she could bury herself deeply in her Master’s Heart and learn its secrets, for he would allow her no other book. Revealing again His Heart He said, “Tell your Superior to come and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Ven. Mary Martha Chambon was blessed to experience the presence of the Lord Jesus with her almost continually. She sensed Our Lord Jesus say to her one time, “My heart is wide, My Heart is tender. The wound of My Heart is deep enough to contain all your needs.”In...