What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition? Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more about virtue and truth first and foremost in how they led. How can we do this in a miniature way in our own lives? Similarly, how can we ensure the end of our actions are focused on love of God and other, and not love of ourselves? Why must w
Nov 2, 2:46 PM
Sister Susan
Marie (Moderator): Why must we, as St Francis states, “please
God”? If God is sufficient and content in himself, why this need?
Related to that, with this need to put God first, is God guilty of betraying
St. Francis’s advice in this reflection?
Nov 2, 2:47 PM
Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): Sun chat 730pm est Nov 3
Nov 3, 6:51 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Hi all – I am early thanks to Day Light Savings Time! St. Francis de Sales gives us so much wonderful insight in how to live Jesus. I honestly can not envision a Philosopher King – Even King David was a very flawed individual and yet he loved God purely and in truth. To ensure our actions are motivated in purity and not selfish is so difficult. Only with prayer – fervent and heartfelt begging – can we hope to receive clarity regarding this. It requires one to be painfully honest with oneself.
Nov 3, 6:55 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: by uniting our will to God’s will – desiring to surrender your entire will to Him is like falling into a pond and sinking down, down so deeply into Him – and letting go – resisting the fear that urges you to swim back to the top to gasp air. you have to sink until you disappear and your “self” becomes so much him that it destroys your disordered will.
Nov 3, 6:57 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Pleasing God – is becoming one with him and you have to want it more than anything or anyone else. perfect detachment – not selfish or self centered – buy sublimely united
Nov 3, 7:01 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Putting God first is a topic I try very hard to explain to my 6th graders every year. They can not imagine putting anything before their parents – family. I tell them that its a complete trust in God – and that he can care for and take of their family so much more than we can do it for ourselves. The Abraham and Isaac story – the degree of trust that is being shown in this story tells us how hard it is to do it. To trust God to such a radical extent. Very counter cultural – this selfless all-or-nothing
Nov 3, 7:01 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: are you sorry you invited me ???? I’m a bit of a zealot.
Nov 3, 7:03 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hello Mary Ann
Nov 3, 7:03 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Hey Jennifer – I’m early so just rambling to myself….
Nov 3, 7:03 PM
Jennifer Koo: I am early too, but you are earlier
Nov 3, 7:07 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Pleasing God – as a young person – whenever I would get angry with someone or upset and didn’t know how to respond – I use to ask myself: what would be pleasing to God? I have to always act in a way that is pleasing to God. I’m sure it saved me from blurting out hurtful things – saved be from judging others too harshly.
Nov 3, 7:09 PM
Jennifer Koo: God be praise! He has given you a heart that’s willing to please Him.
Nov 3, 7:09 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Oh, He has all my heart
Nov 3, 7:10 PM
Jennifer Koo: Where are you from?
Nov 3, 7:10 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Beacon, NY (about 60 miles north of Manhattan) – you?
Nov 3, 7:11 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I am new to the chat – not sure if I’m saying too much
Nov 3, 7:12 PM
Jennifer Koo: I have joined the Brooklyn Visitation Monastery.
Nov 3, 7:12 PM
Jennifer Koo: No, not at all
Nov 3, 7:12 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: when did you join them? I was there for a week in July (so hot!) and had a very good retreat
Nov 3, 7:13 PM
Jennifer Koo: I am sure you have a good one. My entering date is October 16th.
Nov 3, 7:14 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Oh how wonderful for you. I will be there next weekend – Friday – Sunday. It will be nice to meet you and hear how you came to enter BVM.
Nov 3, 7:16 PM
Jennifer Koo: When God calls mw, I responded and that’s how it happened.
Nov 3, 7:16 PM
Jennifer Koo: me
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Jennifer Koo: Looking forward to meeting you when you come
Nov 3, 7:17 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hi, Mother
Nov 3, 7:17 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Mary ann and Jennifer
Nov 3, 7:18 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: When God called me – it scared the heck out of me and I said – busy right now – let me get back to you on that. But that gentle tug has been very persistent.
Nov 3, 7:18 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Hi Sister.
Nov 3, 7:19 PM
VisitationSiste: welcome viewers
Nov 3, 7:20 PM
Jennifer Koo: My heart is restless until it rest in You
Nov 3, 7:20 PM
Lisa C: Hi Mother, Mary Ann, Jennifer
Nov 3, 7:21 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hi Lisa
Nov 3, 7:21 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Lisa-
Nov 3, 7:21 PM
Lisa C: Mother, did you like Bishop Schneider’s talk?
Nov 3, 7:21 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hi Viewers
Nov 3, 7:22 PM
VisitationSiste: I saw the first third so far and it is great and powerful. I will watch it in pieces!
Nov 3, 7:22 PM
Lisa C: He is wonderful
Nov 3, 7:22 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: is it on YouTube? I would like to watch too.
Nov 3, 7:22 PM
VisitationSiste: The part about Freemasons mostly so far
Nov 3, 7:22 PM
VisitationSiste: yes you tube
Nov 3, 7:23 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I had a Freemason try to argue his point with me this summer – I did not engage him as I thought it would be futile and frustrating
Nov 3, 7:23 PM
Lisa C: https://youtu.be/LE2MKgsSoPk
Nov 3, 7:24 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: thank you!
Nov 3, 7:25 PM
Lisa C: This is his new book
Nov 3, 7:25 PM
VisitationSiste: Repeating the questions here: 1. What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition?2. Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more about virtue and truth first and foremost in how they led. How can we do this in a miniature way in our own lives?3. Similarly, how can we ensure the end of our actions are focused on love of God and other, and not love
Nov 3, 7:25 PM
VisitationSiste: Thanks Lisa
Nov 3, 7:25 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hello everyone!
Nov 3, 7:25 PM
Lisa C: Hi Dawn
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
VisitationSiste: of
ourselves?
4. Why must we, as St Francis states, “please God”? If God is
sufficient and content in himself, why this need?
5. Related to that, with this need to put God first, is God guilty of betraying
St. Francis’s advice in this reflection?
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Dawn!
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Sr Susan!
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
VisitationSiste: Now one by one!
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
VisitationSiste: 1. What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition?
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
Lisa C: For the first question, I think that it would depend on what the politician thought was good for people.
Nov 3, 7:26 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hi, Dawn
Nov 3, 7:27 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Lisa and Jennifer!
Nov 3, 7:27 PM
VisitationSiste: They would be true statesmen, for starters
Nov 3, 7:27 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: 4. because we are made for Him – He desires us ardently and loves us more than we can imagine. Seeking to please him is drawing closer to Him and brings us the greatest good and joy
Nov 3, 7:27 PM
Lisa C: If they are not Catholic and holy I do not think it would necessarily help the world.
Nov 3, 7:28 PM
Lisa C: Some people think it helps women to allow abortion
Nov 3, 7:28 PM
VisitationSiste: ??
Nov 3, 7:28 PM
Lisa C: It is really about the politician being holy
Nov 3, 7:28 PM
VisitationSiste: ok!
Nov 3, 7:29 PM
Lisa C: Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden claim to be Catholic but allow abortion for other people
Nov 3, 7:29 PM
Lisa C: They think they are helping but are not
Nov 3, 7:29 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I am not sure it is humanly possible as power and leadership is corrupting – altruism? the Altruistic get crucified. Politicians compromise truth
Nov 3, 7:29 PM
VisitationSiste: We would have humble statesmen if fame and fortune were lessesned or elimated as motives, possibly
Nov 3, 7:30 PM
Lisa C: Popes in some way have to be politicians and Pope St. JPII ended communism
Nov 3, 7:30 PM
Dawn (Guest): or term limits imposed
Nov 3, 7:30 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: perhaps a vow of poverty would help!
Nov 3, 7:30 PM
VisitationSiste: did we have some in American history?
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VisitationSiste: they did belive in God, our country’s founders
Nov 3, 7:31 PM
Jennifer Koo: Are there holy non Catholic politician in the history?
Nov 3, 7:31 PM
VisitationSiste: They were mostly Protestants – Lincoln might be the closest to being humble I am not sure
Nov 3, 7:31 PM
Lisa C: I think regular politicians have to have such big egos to be elected that they almost never really have completely pure motives.
Nov 3, 7:32 PM
Jennifer Koo: I think this depends on how one define holy
Nov 3, 7:32 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I do not believe the founding fathers were terribly altruistic – they wanted freedom from tyranny and it was kind of about money interests.
Nov 3, 7:32 PM
VisitationSiste: Power and position does affect even the best sometimes
Nov 3, 7:33 PM
Jennifer Koo: Yes, I agreed, it happened even in churches
Nov 3, 7:33 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Money is the final tipping point in true holiness – the rich man walked away sad…it was the one thing he would not give up
Nov 3, 7:34 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Do you imagine that homeless people actually reject the safety and comfort and stability intentionally?
Nov 3, 7:35 PM
Lisa C: Some do
Nov 3, 7:35 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Ruth!
Nov 3, 7:35 PM
VisitationSiste: 2. Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more about virtue and truth first and foremost in how they led. How can we do this in a miniature way in our own lives?
Nov 3, 7:35 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I have spoken to a few in Manhattan and they seem to reject conventional life – do not want to be controlled.
Nov 3, 7:35 PM
Lisa C: When we were in college studying philosophy my sister and I used to say that the people who understood philosophy were approaching divine. What we meant was that people who understood that philosophy would also understand that it was a search for truth and would know that truth is what God knows and in the world is discoverable as natural law.
Nov 3, 7:36 PM
Dawn (Guest): I recall some homeless who found safety stability and comfort in their homelessness….these were people who lived in the woods
Nov 3, 7:37 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Ruth!
Nov 3, 7:38 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Truth is so hard for people to hear these days. They want to make their own truth based on their feelings. When our leaders can not and will not state a Truth (abortion is murder!) who are we to follow? Christ.
Nov 3, 7:38 PM
VisitationSiste: HE is Truth!
Nov 3, 7:38 PM
Lisa C: When St. Francis College took federal money they were not allowed to require 3 religion classes so they required 3 philosophy courses instead. It turned out to be all about how many Saints like St. Thomas Aquinas worked out all he knew about God.
Nov 3, 7:38 PM
Dawn (Guest): thank you!
Nov 3, 7:39 PM
Jennifer Koo: Proverbs 30:7-9: Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Nov 3, 7:39 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Knowing yourself – REALLY knowing yourself – and seeing how much you can deceive yourself is important. What we want can blind us.
Nov 3, 7:40 PM
VisitationSiste: Thanks for Proverbs
Nov 3, 7:41 PM
Lisa C: Even Plato and Aristotle who were pagans saw things that were true and were the beginning of things later philosophers used to understand God.
Nov 3, 7:41 PM
Lisa C: ….caviot…to the degree anyone can understand God
Nov 3, 7:43 PM
VisitationSiste: virtue is something St Francis emphasized- the little virtues
Nov 3, 7:43 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I have heard the argument why Catholics rely on Pagan philosophers – I was not sure how to respond.
Nov 3, 7:44 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: They were great minds and blazed a trail I suppose – to Trusth
Nov 3, 7:45 PM
Lisa C: St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas were very Aristotelian
Nov 3, 7:45 PM
Ruth (Guest): opps — lost the connection for a moment. Warm greetings to all of you. I’ve just been following along. A special greeting to Mary Ann Kronk — new to me here, I think. Welcome. Good questions.
Nov 3, 7:45 PM
Jennifer Koo: Hi Ruth
Nov 3, 7:45 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: The little virtues – like the joke “how do you get to Carnegie Hall?” — “practice, practice, practice.
Nov 3, 7:46 PM
Ruth (Guest):
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Dawn (Guest): Have patience with all
things, but first of all with yourself. Never be in a hurry; do everything
quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything
whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
-ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, VISITATION ORDER CO-FOUNDER
Nov 3, 7:47 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Hi Ruth – Hi Dawn
Nov 3, 7:48 PM
Lisa C: It is easy to think when I am driving, because I cant’ do anything so I find myself thinking while I drive. One day many years ago when I was driving, I we wondering what would make me most happy and the thought came to me right away that I would want God to be happy with me.
Nov 3, 7:48 PM
Jennifer Koo: God is the source of all virtues
Nov 3, 7:49 PM
Dawn (Guest): Lisa….yes nicely expressed
Nov 3, 7:49 PM
Ruth (Guest): Maybe that is why I feel I cannot please a “boss” professionally, even though I think I please God, the patients and other staff memembers. The boss wants “productivity” — meaning patient “processing” fast. The patients want real understanding . . .
Nov 3, 7:49 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Oh! I need that calm spirit. The smallest things can rattle my inner peace. There have been times when I could virtually “see” the demon on my shoulder whispering in my ear and I have to “virtually” kick him out of my room!
Nov 3, 7:50 PM
Ruth (Guest): patients when trying to tell their troubles to the doctor, etc.
Nov 3, 7:50 PM
Lisa C: Mary Ann wear a scapular
Nov 3, 7:51 PM
Ruth (Guest): Oh, Mary Ann. You are blessed to recognize the demon for who he is and kick him out.
Nov 3, 7:53 PM
VisitationSiste: 3. Similarly, how can we ensure the end of our actions are focused on love of God and other, and not love of ourselves?
Nov 3, 7:53 PM
Ruth (Guest): He can come in so many disguises, even use Scripture verses to try to fool the saints into dishonoring God.
Nov 3, 7:54 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I have been wearing my scapular for many years now! and Miraculous medal! Like St. John Vianey – I feel like I’ve come to recognize these vicious attempts! I had a small panic attack once right before going into the confessional and thought “I can’t go in there and tell him”….but the odd thing was that I had spoken to the priest for a long time before – so he already knew what I was going to say. So my panic attack did not make sense. and when I thought it could be the evil one trying to keep me fr
Nov 3, 7:55 PM
Dawn (Guest): I think I would ask myself this question often, not that I would reach a point where I would not need to discern my motives
Nov 3, 7:55 PM
Ruth (Guest): So important to focus on love of God and other, but right love of ourselves, it seems to me, IS of God. If God loves us, and He does, shouldn’t we also love ourselves?
Nov 3, 7:55 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: om abolsolution. I pulled myself to gether and said “well, if thats the best the devil can do to stop me – it’s pretty lame”
Nov 3, 7:56 PM
Ruth (Guest): Praise the Lord, Mary Ann, for that grace.
Nov 3, 7:56 PM
Lisa C: Being close to Blessed Mother it is much harder for the devil to fool you
Nov 3, 7:59 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Have you ever participated in a Consecration to Jesus through Mary – 33 day thing. St. Louis deMontfort is wonderful.
Nov 3, 7:59 PM
VisitationSiste: yes
Nov 3, 8:00 PM
Dawn (Guest): All this trying leads up to the vital moment, at which you turn to God and say, You must do this. I can’t.
Nov 3, 8:00 PM
Ruth (Guest): Yes, Lisa, indeed. But I found it interesting that one of the sins that SFdS mentions in this chapter is loving the Mother of God more than God. As if the two were in opposition to one another. I think I know what he means — distortions, perhaps worshiping Mary instead of worshiping God. But surely being close to Mary is a way of being close to her Son.
Nov 3, 8:01 PM
VisitationSiste: definitely- grace comes thru Mary
Nov 3, 8:01 PM
Lisa C: Proper love of Blessed Mother leads us to Jesus
Nov 3, 8:02 PM
Lisa C: Dawn, that reminds me of the
book…Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret of Peace and
Happiness
by Jean Baptiste de Saint Jure
Nov 3, 8:03 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: My priest always answers this worry about “worshiping” Mary too much with “you can never love Mary enough and all love for Mary is directed ultimately at her son, Jesus Christ
Nov 3, 8:04 PM
Dawn (Guest): thanks Lisa
Nov 3, 8:04 PM
Lisa C: Loving our Mother does not stop us from loving our Brother
Nov 3, 8:04 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: It pleases Our Lord when we love His Mother – Our Mother
Nov 3, 8:05 PM
Lisa C: Jesus gave us His Mother on the cross
Nov 3, 8:05 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: yes!
Nov 3, 8:05 PM
Dawn (Guest): She helps us know how to suffer
Nov 3, 8:05 PM
Jennifer Koo: Our Blessed Mother always points us to Jesus
Nov 3, 8:06 PM
Dawn (Guest): as though one can stand at foot of cross with her
Nov 3, 8:06 PM
Ruth (Guest): Dawn, I think I understand. But I have trouble with the words addressed to God: “You must . . . ” We cannot tell God what God must do; he knows better than we do. But there are, indeed, concerns of ours that, since they are way beyond our abilities to influence, we must turn over to God. I think that is what you mean: Complete surrender to God. But not only in this or that instance, but all that we are, all that we have, all that we care about.
Nov 3, 8:08 PM
Dawn (Guest): I see what you mean. not giving a direct order, but as he knows our hearts talking with him is so much easier. I took it as a surrendering to God. laying it all down at foot of the cross for him
Nov 3, 8:08 PM
VisitationSiste: What about pleasing God? or His Mother?
Nov 3, 8:09 PM
VisitationSiste: That is a deep motivation for many saints and so for us
Nov 3, 8:09 PM
Lisa C: They seem to be the same thing
Nov 3, 8:09 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: It is the final test of your thoughts and actions as holy: Am I being pleasing to God?
Nov 3, 8:10 PM
Lisa C: Sr. Margaret Mary told us that it is our intentions that matter most.
Nov 3, 8:10 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: If someone insults you or you get impatient with them – you MUST respond in a manner that is pleasing to God.
Nov 3, 8:10 PM
Jennifer Koo: There’s no conflict there, our Blessed Mother is always well pleased when we are pleasing to God
Nov 3, 8:11 PM
Dawn (Guest): I can have a deep desire to please God, but it does not mean that I am. What may please him is my desire to do so
Nov 3, 8:11 PM
Jennifer Koo: Yes, Mary Ann
Nov 3, 8:12 PM
Ruth (Guest): SFdS definition of sin as disorder in priorities helps a lot to recognize sin in our own lives even as we strive, consciously, to please God in all things. Somehow, we — I anyway — always seem to have multiple layers of motivations.
Nov 3, 8:12 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes, thank you Ruth
Nov 3, 8:12 PM
VisitationSiste: I think we all do- even in vocational discernment
Nov 3, 8:12 PM
VisitationSiste: But God uses all to help us or lead us to where He wants us
Nov 3, 8:12 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Yes, our desire to please Him fights against our self-will – which can very effectively convince us that what we want – what will make us happy MUST be what God wants.
Nov 3, 8:13 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Self awareness
Nov 3, 8:15 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes
Nov 3, 8:15 PM
Jennifer Koo: A lot of prayers and spending time with God helps us to understand God’s will for us
Nov 3, 8:15 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: multiple layers of motivation can be a struggle for me and I have to really get down the root and tease out “why EXACTLY do you want to do that”
Nov 3, 8:15 PM
Ruth (Guest): One thing that I find very consoling about SFdS’s definition or discription of holiness is the emphasis on INTENTION — so different from the ordinary saying “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” What I see in this is that
Nov 3, 8:16 PM
Lisa C: Intention reveals what is in your heart
Nov 3, 8:16 PM
Jennifer Koo: Yes Mother, God uses all to help us and to lead us to where He wants us
Nov 3, 8:16 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: That phrase refers to how people can lie to themselves that what THEY want to do is right and good – they convince themselves that it is God’s will for them.
Nov 3, 8:17 PM
Dawn (Guest): He does. sometimes most unlikely people or situations
Nov 3, 8:17 PM
Jennifer Koo: One day, I visited the poor Clare and a sister given me the message from God
Nov 3, 8:18 PM
Dawn (Guest): Ruth, are you still online? come back…..and Jennifer what was the message
Nov 3, 8:18 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Yes – I have experienced instances where God used people to shine a light on things for me.
Nov 3, 8:19 PM
Lisa C: 4. Why must we, as St Francis states, “please God”? If God is sufficient and content in himself, why this need?
Nov 3, 8:20 PM
Dawn (Guest): so we can reach perfect union with him?
Nov 3, 8:20 PM
Lisa C: God does not need us to please Him. He loves us as His children so He wants us to be like Him and that pleases Him.
Nov 3, 8:20 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: I was fretting and complaining about financial worries and asked someone to pray for me – so she turned to the group and said lets pray for Mary Ann – and then said “Lord, help Mary Ann get back to work to help her husband in their financial distress”….it hit me like a brick! I did not want to go back to work! It was a pull yourself together Missy – moment. I got a job.
Nov 3, 8:21 PM
Ruth (Guest): even if we are at some point in our lives, no longer ABLE to think or pray or form an intention, by forming good intentions NOW while we can — not just good, but the BEST, that is, to PLEASE GOD in all things — our sufferings or deminishment of our faculties — accepted as a way or part of surrender to the Divine Will — permissive Will of God — can be a way of giving him glory!
Nov 3, 8:21 PM
Jennifer Koo: The message is “Now, hurry, don’t deley”
Nov 3, 8:21 PM
Dawn (Guest): this is beautiful Ruth
Nov 3, 8:22 PM
Dawn (Guest): and insightful
Nov 3, 8:22 PM
VisitationSiste: The daily direction of intention in the morning is what Visitandines do
Nov 3, 8:22 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Jennifer – yes!! like those type of wake up right now moments.
Nov 3, 8:22 PM
VisitationSiste: and our schoolchildren
Nov 3, 8:22 PM
Lisa C: Yes, we were told to make everything a prayer to God
Nov 3, 8:23 PM
Jennifer Koo: School childred do that as well?
Nov 3, 8:23 PM
VisitationSiste: My
God, I give you this day.
I offer you, now,
all of the good that I shall do
and I promise to accept,
for love of you,
all of the difficulty that I shall meet.
Help me to conduct myself
during this day
in a manner pleasing to you.
Amen.
Nov 3, 8:23 PM
VisitationSiste: Yes
Nov 3, 8:23 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: perfect
Nov 3, 8:23 PM
VisitationSiste: at least they used to do it. I should check!
Nov 3, 8:24 PM
Dawn (Guest): I am copying , thank you~
Nov 3, 8:24 PM
VisitationSiste: you are welcome
Nov 3, 8:25 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Good Night all. Thank you for the time and insights
Nov 3, 8:25 PM
Lisa C: God deserves to be put first. If we realize who He is we will do this. If we know Him we will put Him first. God loves us and wants us to be with Him forever.
Nov 3, 8:25 PM
Jennifer Koo: Thank you, Mother. I am copying as well
Nov 3, 8:25 PM
Lisa C: In his homily for the solemnity of the Assumption in 2012, Pope Benedict said: “One thing, one hope is certain: God expects us, waits for us; we do not go out into a void, we are expected. God is expecting us, and on going to that other world, we find the goodness of the Mother, we find our loved ones, we find eternal Love. God is waiting for us: this is our great joy and the great hope.”
Nov 3, 8:26 PM
VisitationSiste: Beautiful Lisa
Nov 3, 8:26 PM
Lisa C: It is wonderful
Nov 3, 8:26 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: beautiful! Yes – like the prodigal son’s father – he waits for us and runs to us when we turn back to him.
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
VisitationSiste: The hour goes quickly! May each of you be blessed this week!
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Dawn (Guest): grateful to be a part of this chat. thank you all. Goodnight everyone
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Jennifer Koo: Yes, blessing to all of you
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Lisa C: God be praised!
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Dawn (Guest): Lisa, copying this also. thank you
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Dawn (Guest): Amen
Nov 3, 8:27 PM
Mary Ann Kronk: Thank you – May God Bless you all and may the Souls of the Faithful departed rest in peace.
Nov 3, 8:28 PM
Ruth (Guest): Beautiful, simple prayer, Sr. Susan Marie.
Nov 3, 8:29 PM
Dawn (Guest): Amen.
Nov 3, 8:29 PM
Dawn (Guest): Nice to meet you Mary Ann. Have a good retreat!
Nov 3, 8:30 PM
Ruth (Guest): Thank you, each of you. And have a blessed week in which we each discover ways of pleasing God more completely, more perfectly recognizing his will and DOING all we can to live it.
Nov 3, 8:31 PM
Dawn (Guest): Thank you Ruth! Amen
Nov 3, 8:31 PM
Dawn (Guest): Goodnight~