by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2016 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart
When we are young, we often have a reference model, a hero, a saint … we would like to become or at least look like. Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud proposes THE ideal model: Jesus Christ! Not only we are invited to imitate but by imitating we will...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Bemoan Yourself to Our Lord Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about the importance of perseverance in prayer. We continue our series with Part II, Chapter 9: “Concerning Dryness in Meditation” from An Introduction...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 29, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
So loving is God’s hand as it handles our hearts! So skillful is it in bringing its strength to us without depriving us of freedom, and in imparting to us the movement resulting from its power without hindering the movement of our will! He adjusts his power to his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Chatjune26 Questions to Ponder: How do we open our eyes to the presence of God in all things, even the mundane? What keeps us from speaking to God in prayer as we speak to a friend that we can see? Why does St. Francis suggest to use his considerations “one at a time,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 26, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH
The third of five daughters of St. Louis Martin was born June 3, 1863 in Alençon. Leonie a fragile child, will disrupt the family by her fierce rebelliousness. From her youth Leonie said later: “My childhood was detestable, well calculated to disfigure our...