by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 12, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
Saturday January 14 is the 103rd anniversary of the passing of Visitandine Foundress and Mystic, Mother Marie-Madeleine Ponnet (+ 1914). She entered the Visitation of Lyon-Fourvière, and led the foundation of Lyon-Vassieux in 1896, which was established as the abode...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality
1858-1914 Any Visitandine will tell you that the name “Mother Ponnet” is synonymous with the “Commentary on the Spiritual Directory”, our guide to the interior life. But this profound commentary was only possible because of Mother Ponnet’s own deep, mystical interior...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2016 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality
The interior thoughts of Mother Marie Madeleine Ponnet on LOVE give us an opportunity to contemplate the depths of this holiest of virtues during Lent. “In heaven one loves without interruption. I begged the Holy Spirit to teach me the most perfect act of love,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Saints
1858-1914 Any Visitandine will tell you that the name “Mother Ponnet” is synonymous with the “Commentary on the Spiritual Directory”, our guide to the interior life. But this profound commentary was only possible because of Mother Ponnet’s own deep, mystical interior...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 6, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Mother Marie Madeleine Ponnet’s wisdom, gleaned in her deep interior life of mystical prayer, is timeless in its ability to touch souls. She suggests, ” Ask of Our Lord for the grace to make each of the acts of your life filled with the immensity of His...