by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2016 | Guard of Honor, Saintly Visitandines
Christ is risen, Christ gives us life and pours waves of mercy! What can we miss when we become aware of this extraordinary gift? Our foundress, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, offers us this reflection for this month. The gift of God! “If you knew the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality
The Sunday after Easter has been designated as Divine Mercy Sunday and we recall the powerful experiences that St. Faustina recorded in her diary regarding the ineffable Mercy of God. Another Sister, Visitandine Sr Marie Therese Desandais, a contemporary of St...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2016 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Our new weekly series will consist of excerpts of a book called An Abridgement of the Interior Spirit of the Religious of the Visitation of Holy Mary to assist those discerning a vocation to our way of life, or others interested in growing in their inner spiritual...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 26, 2016 | Holy Year of Mercy
Our Savior Rose From the Tomb by His Own Power Due to the most solemn feast of Our Lord’s Resurrection, we will not be having a hosted chat this Sunday (March 27). Instead, we offer you a simple reflection from Sr. Francis de Sales about the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2016 | LENT, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
Our Lord Jesus Christ taught complete abandonment to the Father when He was on the Cross. This Holy Week we will once again hear His cry “My God, My God, why Have You abandoned Me?” Visitandine Mother Ponnet sheds light on this act of abandonment for our...