Discuss the analogy of winter as sin and spring as the entrance of grace into a soul, giving it new life.This is obviously just an image St. Francis uses, but is there something negative about winter? Would we not experience something like it in Heaven?St. Francis remarks that we “are not obliged never to relapse into sin, but it suffices, according to the sacred Council of Trent, to depart this life in the grace and charity of God.” Explain this.What does it mean for God to “forget” our sins?If we can only
Mar 23, 9:27 AM
SrSusan (Guest): If we can only be saved by grace, why does God leave so much up to our cooperation and effort to avoid sin and remain in grace?As we grow in grace do we become more immune to sin? Are we tempted less often as we grow in holiness? Or in different ways? What are the dangers to watch out for?
Mar 23, 9:27 AM
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Mar 26, 7:39 AM
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Mar 26, 7:01 PM
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Mar 26, 7:07 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Hi Ruth
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SrSusan (Guest): q Discuss the analogy of winter as sin and spring as the entrance of grace into a soul, giving it new life.This is obviously just an image St. Francis uses, but is there something negative about winter?
Mar 26, 7:26 PM
Barbara (Guest): Winter can make us feel dreary and depressed, BUT! One good thing—winter can make us long for spring; enough misery from sin can make us long for God’s Grace/forgiveness
Mar 26, 7:27 PM
Simone (Guest): Hi everyone!
Mar 26, 7:27 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Hi Paula and Simone
Mar 26, 7:27 PM
Paula (Guest): Everything dies and goes dormant….cold
Mar 26, 7:27 PM
Steph (Guest): I was watching EWTN today – and hell was discussed as a very cold place, like winter
Mar 26, 7:28 PM
Paula (Guest): There is no love….sin is so cold at times
Mar 26, 7:28 PM
Simone (Guest): Does everything really die in winter – or does it just not bloom?
r 26, 7:29 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan now I am in Kansas City now
Mar 26, 7:29 PM
SrSusan (Guest): I guess if it revives in the spring it is not dead but hibernating
Mar 26, 7:29 PM
Simone (Guest): that’s what I thought too Sr.
Mar 26, 7:29 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Winter brings beautiful Feasts- lie Christmas
Mar 26, 7:30 PM
Barbara (Guest): Paula–Wow: cold-heartedness is hellish; opposite of God’s desire for our hearts to to open and warm
Mar 26, 7:30 PM
SrSusan (Guest): So not all is depressing but it is a good image for lack of vibrancy
, 7:30 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan today I join morning mass that the clergy talk about Jesus raised Lazarus back to life
Mar 26, 7:30 PM
Steph (Guest): I guess like souls with mortal sin, winter, dead, but once we come back to God for forgiveness and mercy, our souls bloom again ???
Mar 26, 7:30 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Yes that was the Gospel
r 26, 7:31 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Good image, Steph!
Mar 26, 7:31 PM
Steph (Guest): Yes, Betty, spring brings us back to life and we bloom again LOL
Mar 26, 7:31 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Hi Dawn
Mar 26, 7:31 PM
Elena (Guest): Winter isn’t permanent. Sin does not have the last word (unless, of course, we let it).
6, 7:31 PMBettychao (Guest): Jesus say don’t worry I am the way of truth and life believe me you even you die you will back to live
, 7:32 PM
Elena (Guest): Hello, Sr. Susan and everyone!
Mar 26, 7:32 PM
Barbara (Guest): Winter human hibernation aka “Cabin fever” supposedly is real…Something there must be in us humans that need the sun (and spiritually: the Son
ar 26, 7:33 PM
Elena (Guest): I find winter extremely harsh and depressing, very dark, especially in the northeast U.S.
Mar 26, 7:33 PM
SrSusan (Guest): very good analogy yes
Mar 26, 7:33 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Sr Susan and everyone
r 26, 7:33 PMSrSusan (Guest): Grace goes into our souls all times of the year!
ar 26, 7:33 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan how many Asian sisters you have in you monastery? I believe not just only sr Jennifer koo
Mar 26, 7:33 PM
Barbara (Guest): AMEN!
Mar 26, 7:34 PM
Simone (Guest): We had today the first day of spring. It was amazing. Like every year I forget how beautiful sunny weather can be – and it gets me every year again – the awe of the first days of sunshine
Mar 26, 7:34 PM
SrSusan (Guest): 2 Asian Srs
6, 7:35 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Would we not experience something like it in Heaven?(winter)
Mar 26, 7:35 PM
Barbara (Guest): Know what you mean, Simone..Spring feels like a new beginning; it’s even “green” like the liturgical color of hope
Mar 26, 7:35 PMSimone (Guest): lol – true Barbara
6, 7:36 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Next week I have to go to Lenexa Christian church to join their service they teaching about gaspel of samuel
Mar 26, 7:36 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Cant imagine winter in heaven
Mar 26, 7:36 PM
Simone (Guest): I don’t know how Heaven- the place of eternal life – the place without death – can have winter to be honest
26, 7:36 PM
Paula (Guest): No one wants to hibernate in Heaven
Mar 26, 7:36 PM
Barbara (Guest): Heavenly winters?–Think not; existence of Purgatory & Hell keep Heaven filled with light and goodness, only, right?
Mar 26, 7:36 PM
Elena (Guest): I’m with you on this, Simone and Paula.
ar 26, 7:37 PMSrSusan (Guest): Yet snowflakes are beautiful
26, 7:37 PMElena (Guest): I mean, some winter landscapes can be beautiful, as long as the sun is shining. But always in tension with the coming of eventual spring.
7:37 PM
Barbara (Guest): On the other hand, if God fulfills our desires in Heaven, and someone loves to ice skate….
Mar 26, 7:37 PM
SrSusan (Guest): No tension in heaven I guess
Mar 26, 7:37 PM
Simone (Guest): I was just thinking — a snowy field with glittery snow because of the sun shining on it .. well.. maybe that kind of winter could be there
Mar 26, 7:37 PM
Elena (Guest): Could there be winter beauty without the air that hurts my face??
26, 7:38 PM
Simone (Guest): it’s called “indoor” Elena 
Mar 26, 7:38 PM
Elena (Guest): Barbara — right!
r 26, 7:38 PMSteph (Guest): lol Barbara, and no worries if fall during iceskating…no ice burn
26, 7:38 PMElena (Guest): ahah Yes Simone – and I love being outdoors, hence my issues! haha
ar 26, 7:38 PMBarbara (Guest): And snow reminds us of how the Lord has turned our scarlet sins….
ar 26, 7:39 PMPaula (Guest): But no sleeping…too much to enjoy
26, 7:40 PMBettychao (Guest): I saw some Christian people testimonies about what a bad terrible place about hell. Hell has alots of weapons and fires and terrible things happened in hell people got torture by the devils and their fires and weapons in hell those people they did not listen to the lord and broken his rules they not repent so they will throw in to hell.
, 7:40 PMSrSusan (Guest): q St. Francis remarks that we “are not obliged never to relapse into sin, but it suffices, according to the sacred Council of Trent, to depart this life in the grace and charity of God.” Explain this.
:41 PMBettychao (Guest): Those Christian’s saw what the heaven and hells look like and God bring them back to life again.
wn (Guest): if we die in mortal sin we will go to hell. if we die in state of grace, the outcome much more favorable
Mar 26, 7:41 PM
Barbara (Guest): Even though we’ve been repeat offenders, as long as we’re sincere repenters, it matters only whether God’s grace is in us when the “buzzer” sounds and our allotted playing time at the “game” of life is over that determines where we’ll spend eternity
Mar 26, 7:42 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Mercy will be there too
Mar 26, 7:42 PM
Steph (Guest): St Francis de Sales, pray for us. I think to always stay alert and be ready,
26, 7:42 PMElena (Guest): I think this quote means that we must do all we can not live in patterns of sin, and to die in a state of grace, trusting in God’s mercy that even if there is a sin of which we have not truly repented, he will take care of us.
r 26, 7:42 PMSteph (Guest): we can sin, but need to confess and trust in the Lord
6, 7:43 PMDawn (Guest): we repent first then go to Confession
r 26, 7:43 PMSimone (Guest): I must say – this is a new teaching to me in some way. I find that sin “forms us”- like holy work forms us too. so I would not take it too lightly – to relapse in sin
26, 7:43 PM
Elena (Guest): There’s a difference between being humble about the fact that we are sinners, asking for mercy, and simply falling back into sin without really trying to cooperate with grace.
Mar 26, 7:44 PM
SrSusan (Guest): The closer we get to God the more even a slight sin feels huge
Mar 26, 7:44 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan I missed so many days not chat with you because I have so many programs and meettings and sometime I went to mass so I did not choose a time to chat with you I am so sorry
Mar 26, 7:44 PM
Dawn (Guest): did you mean sin deforms us? did I miss something?
26, 7:45 PMElena (Guest): SisterSusan – yes I see that in the lives of the saints, when some small sin to them is enormous. It’s because they realize the truly destructive power of sin. The clean glass showing the smudge idea.
Mar 26, 7:45 PMPaula (Guest): that is true. the more we love God even small sins seem enormous.
ar 26, 7:46 PMSimone (Guest): good point Elena
r 26, 7:46 PMSimone (Guest): and yes Dawn – “deform” is a much better word. thanks
ar 26, 7:46 PM
Paula (Guest): No it’s because they love God so much.
Mar 26, 7:46 PM
Barbara (Guest): We can’t presume on death-bed conversions, but when someone has one we can’t begrudge them Heaven, even if we’ve been like the elder son in the parable …As his father told him, he was with the father always and could have enjoyed him his whole life
Mar 26, 7:46 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Did you see me pologized to you for miss so many days not chat with you sr Susan. I am pologized so today I chat with you.
:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q What does it mean for God to “forget” our sins?
Mar 26, 7:48 PM
SrSusan (Guest): No I dont teach, but administer the Monastery
Mar 26, 7:48 PM
Steph (Guest): He forgives our sins if we are truly repentant
Mar 26, 7:49 PM
Barbara (Guest): Ah!!! Here’s a question I wrestle with: If God forgets, will our sins/why will our sins be revealed at Last Judgment?
Mar 26, 7:49 PM
Paula (Guest): To have done penance for our sins
6, 7:49 PM
Simone (Guest): in the text it almost sounds – that our sins cloud the vision for GOd to see your holy works
Mar 26, 7:49 PM
Steph (Guest): Priest can “loose on earth or bind on eartth” and may have gotten this verse incorrect
Mar 26, 7:49 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Maybe we reveal them not God
7:49 PM
Mar 26, 7:49 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan in this month June I go to France and spain and Portugal eroupe and we take to the tour in Lourdes france
Mar 26, 7:50 PM
Barbara (Guest): Thank you for that insight, Sr Susan!!!
Mar 26, 7:50 PM
SrSusan (Guest): sounds great Betty you are blessed
ar 26, 7:50 PM
Steph (Guest): oh Betty, I want to go Lourdes! Have a safe and wonderful journey!
Mar 26, 7:50 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Thanks mother susan
7:51 PM
Paula (Guest): even our failings give glory to God by how we finally succeeded
Mar 26, 7:51 PM
Simone (Guest): A priest has doubted Sr. Margret Mary’s visions about the Sacred Heart. He did not believe that she spoke with Jesus – or Jesus with her. So- in order to test her- he said to her “next time when you speak to Jesus – ask him what I confessed last time in my confession”. A month later he came back and asked Sr. MM – she said that she did speak to Jesus – and that his answer was” I do not remember”.
ar 26, 7:52 PMSrSusan (Guest): great example!
6, 7:53 PMSrSusan (Guest): Sometimes we torture ourselves with our past but God does not
Mar 26, 7:53 PM
Steph (Guest): I agree SrSusan, as we are refreshed and in a state of grace after confession, right?
Mar 26, 7:53 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Absolutely!
6, 7:54 PMSrSusan (Guest): but it is amazing that God all knowing forgets! It must be by His Divine Will, not His Divine Intelligence
26, 7:55 PM
Simone (Guest): absolutely – It is not so much forgetting – but more – they do not exist anymore
Mar 26, 7:55 PM
Simone (Guest): only in our memory
Mar 26, 7:55 PM
Elena (Guest): Does he “forget forget” or does he turn away from those sins as if they were forgotten?
r 26, 7:55 PM
Elena (Guest): They don’t exist, in a sense, because they were in the past and have been forgiven, healed by grace.
Mar 26, 7:55 PM
SrSusan (Guest): I think what Simone said explains it a bit
6, 7:55 PM
Barbara (Guest): Think He shares that gift with His priests? I’ve heard so many say that they honestly do not remember the sins confessed to them
Mar 26, 7:55 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan I been to holy land like nazerenth and Cana in holy land in 2018 we join the our church tours with the Filipino Catholic people and we walk around the hotel and carry cross and pray rosaries and walk I be a guider of the group to pray
Mar 26, 7:56 PM
Paula (Guest): But at the final judgement, isn’t every one going to know what we did in life just for the sake of people being satisfied with how they ended up where they end up in the end
Mar 26, 7:56 PM
Simone (Guest): sin is “lack of holy love” – in the moment God takes them on – in forgiveness- they are connected to Holy Love – and in a way not sin anymore by nature
r 26, 7:56 PMSteph (Guest): True Elena, God only exists in the present
ar 26, 7:56 PMDawn (Guest): that is beautiful explain Simone. thank you
r 26, 7:57 PMSrSusan (Guest): I am not sure if we all know but maybe those we knew in life know, by our revelation at that time
6, 7:58 PMElena (Guest): Paula, maybe it’s not so we can see each other’s faults, but rather we can see how God’s plan was working in every instant of time for the salvation of our souls.
ar 26, 7:58 PM
Simone (Guest): I like that Elena
Mar 26, 7:58 PM
Elena (Guest): We get to see the full tapestry from a bird’s eye view.
Mar 26, 7:58 PM
Paula (Guest): Well, pretty soon with the internet…..
ar 26, 7:58 PM
Elena (Guest): And then we’ll rejoice in God’s saving power and glory!
Mar 26, 7:59 PM
Paula (Guest): That is true
26, 7:59 PMPaula (Guest): yes
r 26, 7:59 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan do you have any interview in youtube
Mar 26, 7:59 PM
Simone (Guest): I had a horrible day today to be honest – but all these talking about heaven makes me already feel better.
Mar 26, 8:00 PM
Elena (Guest): Oh Simone! I’m sorry to hear your day was horrible. God bless you with peace and comfort
Mar 26, 8:00 PM
Simone (Guest): thank you sister. I receive that blessing gladly
Mar 26, 8:00 PM
SrSusan (Guest): I am so sorry too but glad we are here for you and for each one of us
ar 26, 8:00 PMSimone (Guest): I am really glad for all of you too.
ar 26, 8:01 PM
Barbara (Guest): Remember to get your over-sized spoon…Look at it on days like today!!!
Mar 26, 8:01 PM
Elena (Guest): We are here for each other, to pray and to support and love.
, 8:01 PM
Paula (Guest): When it rains….look up for the rainbow
Mar 26, 8:01 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan my question that do you have any interview in YouTube in Catholic website
01 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Sr Susan my question that do you have any interview in YouTube in Catholic website
Mar 26, 8:01 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yes the ewtn one and some on net tv
Mar 26, 8:02 PM
Bettychao (Guest): Thanks sr susan
Mar 26, 8:02 PM
Simone (Guest): net tv? How can I access that?
Mar 26, 8:02 PM
SrSusan (Guest): currents news tv look that up
Mar 26, 8:02 PM
SrSusan (Guest): or go to Brooklyn Visitation Monastery and look for the videos
Mar 26, 8:02 PM
Simone (Guest): do I need cable for that. Cause we don’t have cable
Mar 26, 8:03 PM
Simone (Guest): ok.. thanks will do Sister
Mar 26, 8:03 PM
SrSusan (Guest): no it is on internet
Mar 26, 8:03 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q If we can only be saved by grace, why does God leave so much up to our cooperation and effort to avoid sin and remain in grace?
Mar 26, 8:04 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Stay in touch Betty
Mar 26, 8:04 PM
Dawn (Guest): he gives us many graces to do so!
Mar 26, 8:04 PM
Barbara (Guest): Spending eternal life in Heaven is a gift, paid for by the Passion, Death & Resurrection of the Lord; although we can’t “earn” salvation, our free wills need to CHOOSE to know, love, and serve God in order to receive the gift
Mar 26, 8:04 PM
Paula (Guest): to prove our love for Him
Mar 26, 8:04 PM
Elena (Guest): I think it has to do with our relationship with God. Strengthening and growing closer and more God-like with Him.
6, 8:05 PM
Steph (Guest): God does not want to force us, but waits for us to accept him and love him by our free will
Mar 26, 8:05 PM
Elena (Guest): As we cooperate with grace, our actions are more directed by Love toward God and toward others.
Mar 26, 8:05 PM
Dawn (Guest): if we pray and ask for help, surely we do receive itV
Mar 26, 8:07 PMSrSusan (Guest): God wants us to be open to that grace
ar 26, 8:08 PMSrSusan (Guest): q As we grow in grace do we become more immune to sin?
ar 26, 8:08 PMPaula (Guest): yes
ar 26, 8:08 PM
Elena (Guest): We are strengthened to resist temptation.
Mar 26, 8:09 PM
Elena (Guest): And are less attracted to sin.
r 26, 8:09 PMBarbara (Guest): As long as we don’t think & act as if we’re immune
26, 8:09 PM
Elena (Guest): Right, Barbara!
Mar 26, 8:09 PM
Steph (Guest): I say yes, we do not want to offend God, we grown stronger and closer, and less prone to sin
ar 26, 8:09 PMDawn (Guest): as we grow in grace , the tempter knows and can increase
r 26, 8:10 PM
Steph (Guest): If I feel so peaceful during Adoration, I can’t imagine heaven. wow!
Mar 26, 8:10 PM
Dawn (Guest): I probably not saying this clearly, sorry
r 26, 8:10 PM
Elena (Guest): I think St. Teresa of Avila wrote that when we move past certain temptations, there will be others, more complex and insidious, that we will face.
Mar 26, 8:10 PM
Steph (Guest): I want to stay as pure as possible! LOL
Mar 26, 8:10 PM
Simone (Guest): I think – the more we are graced – the more severe we feel sin ( as opposed to grace) – and sin does not look as “good” anymore either
ar 26, 8:11 PM
Simone (Guest): that’s true Elena.
Mar 26, 8:11 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes, that is good Elena
ar 26, 8:11 PM
Elena (Guest): I can’t remember exactly — it’s in her Interior Castle analogy.
Mar 26, 8:11 PM
Paula (Guest): I think the worst sin is glamour
Mar 26, 8:11 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Dawn I think temptations can increase as we grow more pure
26, 8:12 PMDawn (Guest): The evil one knows when we have gone to confession and are in a state of grace ( was listening to this last night, not my thoughts but it made sense)
8:12 PM
Simone (Guest): when I was smoking – I thought – I would be close to perfect. if I just could quit smoking.. then God gave me the grace to quit smoking.. it did not even take 2 days until I realized.. oh my.. smoking was by far not the biggest trouble for me ( interiorly)
Mar 26, 8:12 PM
Dawn (Guest): Yes Sr Susan. that is the battle!
ar 26, 8:13 PMDawn (Guest): thank you
8:14 PM
Barbara (Guest): If I understand St FdeS correctly, the “harder” we try to be good, the more we are open to the pride of wanting to be sinless & being upset when we’re not
Mar 26, 8:14 PM
Dawn (Guest): but I remind myself, God is allowing this for my purification
Mar 26, 8:14 PM
Elena (Guest): Yes, Barbara, that’s my understanding too, when we try to be good on our own power.
Mar 26, 8:14 PM
Simone (Guest): oh Barbara – I just spoke about this with my spiritual director on Thursday
26, 8:14 PM
Simone (Guest): also the desire to make ourselves holy – is actually heresy
Mar 26, 8:14 PM
Paula (Guest): But the prize of Heaven and the love of God is worth it
Mar 26, 8:14 PM
Dawn (Guest): Sr Susan, do you believe temptations increase during Holy Week?
26, 8:15 PM
Paula (Guest): The greatest of these is love and love conquers all
Mar 26, 8:15 PM
SrSusan (Guest): yes they caN
, 8:17 PM
Elena (Guest): Simone — the desire and belief that we can make ourselves holy is pretty much every new age and secular self-help “spiritual not religious” path that is so prevalent today
Mar 26, 8:17 PM
Dawn (Guest): a priest I do not remember his name was speaking about Holy Week. I never heard or thought of it before , but you affirm
Mar 26, 8:17 PM
SrSusan (Guest): q Are we tempted less often as we grow in holiness? Or in different ways?
Mar 26, 8:17 PM
Simone (Guest): true Elena
Mar 26, 8:17 PM
Elena (Guest): (sorry that grammar was atrocious)
ar 26, 8:18 PMSimone (Guest): and I did not even notice Elena
26, 8:18 PM
Paula (Guest): different ways
Mar 26, 8:18 PM
Elena (Guest): I think we’re tempted in different ways, Sister. Or maybe as things are healed, other areas of sinfulness or pride are revealed and also must face the temptations.
Mar 26, 8:18 PM
Dawn (Guest): perhaps we will be tempted in the ways we most need?
ar 26, 8:18 PMSimone (Guest): you mean – temptations can propel us into holiness eventually?
ar 26, 8:18 PMSteph (Guest): I think in different ways, but stronger to face them
8:19 PMElena (Guest): Dawn — this is interesting. God allows us to be tempted in particular ways that will lead to healing and forgiveness of a certain sinful pattern?
6, 8:19 PM
Barbara (Guest): Maybe we’re tempted more often; succomb less often–but fall more prey to discouragement for sinning at all…
Mar 26, 8:19 PM
Simone (Guest): I think they will totally catch us off guard.. Steph.. something so hidden – that we might not realize it for a while
r 26, 8:20 PM
Simone (Guest): I like that thought Barbara
Mar 26, 8:20 PM
Dawn (Guest): You are blessed if you have a spiritual director. Ive been quite certain not having one, I could plumet myself right into hell. But in many ways, God will provide light to me when I need it most. it could be in reading, or a person I meet…
8:20 PMSteph (Guest): True Simone – hidden and subtle like the noon day devil, for the hermits in the desert?
ar 26, 8:21 PMSteph (Guest): tempted not to pray and just take a nap
Mar 26, 8:21 PM
Barbara (Guest): Dawn–was it to St Faustina at a certain point in her life that the Lord said He Himself would be her Spiritual Director?
Mar 26, 8:21 PM
Paula (Guest): No. A spiritual director will not save you. Only God saves.
26, 8:22 PMDawn (Guest): Barbara, I do not know but maybe I will pullout Divine Mercy!
26, 8:22 PM
Simone (Guest): good example Steph. Yes – exactly like that
Mar 26, 8:22 PM
Dawn (Guest): her Diary
3 PM
Barbara (Guest): I “bet” if you ask the Lord He will be your Spiritual Director, too…In fact, as I think about it, isn’t that what the Holy Spirit is for each of us if we allow Him?
Mar 26, 8:23 PM
SrSusan (Guest): What are the dangers to watch out for? in the spiritual life
8:23 PM
Elena (Guest): Dawn — The Holy Spirit is your spiritual director. Every spiritual director I’ve had as said so! Keep noticing what God places in your life and pray for the discernment. I think it is good to have a regular confessor, even more important than a spiritual director, at least at some points in life.
Mar 26, 8:23 PM
Dawn (Guest): pride
ar 26, 8:24 PM
Barbara (Guest): Discouragement
Mar 26, 8:24 PM
Simone (Guest): My spiritual director is a priest and we always end with confession.
Mar 26, 8:24 PM
Paula (Guest): presumption
ar 26, 8:24 PMElena (Guest): Discouragement, I agree. Also laziness.
Mar 26, 8:24 PMSimone (Guest): Elena.. I literally wanted to write the very same answer. Word for word
6, 8:25 PM
Paula (Guest): Trying to think like God and earn Heaven
Mar 26, 8:25 PM
Simone (Guest): and Dawn – pride. yes.. and it comes in so many forms.. it’s not even funny
r 26, 8:26 PMBarbara (Guest): Whoever introduced us to the Litany of Trust last week: TY!!! ..The litany contains so many things–being focused on the past; anxious about tomorrow…
Mar 26, 8:26 PMDawn (Guest): there is much spiritual direction contained here!
8:26 PM
Elena (Guest): The Litany of Trust is my Go To!
Mar 26, 8:26 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Yes
Mar 26, 8:26 PM
Elena (Guest): Yes, Dawn that’s true, too!
8:26 PM
Elena (Guest): Yes, Dawn that’s true, too!
Mar 26, 8:27 PM
Simone (Guest): What I love about my spiritual director is , that he calls me out on things – I Would like to excuse.. He is such a good diagnostic of the soul
26, 8:27 PMPaula (Guest): We must be obedient and surrender to God in everything
26, 8:28 PMElena (Guest): Simone that is awesome. St. Teresa of Avila also spoke about the dangers of a bad spiritual director – including someone who wouldn’t be honest about “calling you out” on things (whatever words she used).
6, 8:28 PM
Barbara (Guest): I’ve started praying the Litany of Trust & ordered the 30-day retreat book based on it
Mar 26, 8:28 PM
Elena (Guest): Oooo I didn’t know there is a 30-day retreat book!!
Mar 26, 8:29 PM
Elena (Guest): I have a moratorium on book buying right now, but perhaps after Easter.
r 26, 8:29 PMSimone (Guest): WOW.. that’s a serious Lenten practice Elena. Good for you
26, 8:30 PMSimone (Guest): Barbara – can you quickly post the author please?
ar 26, 8:30 PMElena (Guest): It’s not for Lent, LOL, it’s for my budget!
ar 26, 8:30 PM
Mar 26, 8:30 PM
Steph (Guest): Good for your Elena, so many book offers on EWTN and Ascension presents!
Mar 26, 8:30 PM
Simone (Guest): bless your honesty Elena
Mar 26, 8:31 PMBarbara (Guest): Sr. Faustina Maria Pia—the same Sister of Life who composed the Litany
1 PM
Elena (Guest): That’s the link to the book on Amazon
Mar 26, 8:31 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Thank you all for your great sharing tonight! I will be leaving now but continue if you want.
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
Elena (Guest): God bless you, Sister Susan. Thank you!
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
SrSusan (Guest): Next week is Palm Sunday already. Have a blessed week!
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
Dawn (Guest): g’night Sr Susan. thank you!
, 8:32 PM
Simone (Guest): Have a blessed week Sister Susan
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
Barbara (Guest): I learned about the book from the Sisters of Life website when I looked up about the Litany after last week’s chat
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
Paula (Guest): Every one have a good week
Mar 26, 8:32 PM
Steph (Guest): Good night all, God bless! what great information and insights!
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