Today, May 31st, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation!
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St. Francis’s treatment of the mystery of the Visitation shows his realism
and practicality that take the form of his conviction that
the Visitation is not an event consigned to the past, but ever
present in the here and now in daily experience: God “breaks
into” human life at every turn, and Mary, in the first place, and
the “saints of the Visitation” model the appropriate human response
to these daily divine visitations. This is consonant with
Salesian spirituality’s stress not on dramatic exploits, acts of
great heroism, and visible mortification, but on a deep appreciation
for the significance of little things, the ordinary, and the
everyday: doing the ordinary with extraordinary care, attention,
and, most importantly, love.”
Chorpenning: The Visitation in St. Francis de Sales
Published by eCommons, 2002