by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 14, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Reflections:Why is it import to break the understanding of prayer into separate categories? What good does it do for us?How can passing “simple thoughts” be to both our advantage and disadvantage?What is the difference between meditation and contemplation?When is a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Union of Our Will to God’s Will This article is taken from a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. In this excerpt, the saint treats the subject of prayer. De Sales discusses the four...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 9, 2024 | Visitation History
Our Sisters of Riom decide to leave Metz. However, the candidates that were received, having brought very little, increased the needs rather than relieved them, and the seller of the house that was occupied pressed hard for payment. Our dear Sisters of Riom, having no...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why would St. Jane have been warned against an excessive use of her imagination? What is harmful about it? And why did St. Francis temper it with suggesting something brief; what is helpful about it?What does it mean for our will to keep pace with our affections? What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2024 | Visitation History
Their journey. They left this city on November 16, 1632, and arrived the next day at our Monastery of Moulins, where they stayed seven days and made their renewals. Gifts are made to them in the various monasteries. They received there, for their new establishment, a...