by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2025 | Guard of Honor
Penance. This word, too often, makes us shudder. If we find it normal to hear it at the time of Lent, it generally disturbs us the rest of the year. However penance opens the way to our salvation. No one reaches Heaven without having atoned for their sins. If we are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2025 | Visitation History
Introduction. A double and compatible call of the Salesians The Jesuit Francisco de Rávago was a true minister of religious and cultural affairs of the Monarchy of Ferdinand VI since he began to spiritually direct the king in 17471. The latter had entrusted him with a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 23, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to yield to the will of God completely? How can we know this?Why is it that God might lead us into darkness, helplessness, and so forth?Saint Francis says that God will not lead us into temptation. Why then in the Our Father do we ask God to not lead...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 20, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Your Temptations Come From the Devil and From Hell At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about part of a letter written by Saint Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy, February 18, 1605.To prepare for our chat, please read...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 16, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What is happenstance or serendipity? Are these just life’s happy little moments, or is there an element of “divine coincidence” (providence)?How can we strike the balance of being friends or friendly with someone in a place of stature, power, or fame? Should we just...