by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 10, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to know someone well?Why does St. Francis say it takes only a year to achieve a mediocre life, but many years for perfection?What does it mean to “call down God’s grace” upon someone? Do we have power over God?Discuss this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Spiritual Growth, Like the Palm Tree, Takes Many Years At our Living Jesus Chatroom on Sunday we will be talking about the following article, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2023 | Advent
and with the words of Mother Anna Maddalena Benucci, VHM, Visitandine(1899-1993, Rome Visitation) Source: “Image et paroles d’une Mere” (Monastery of the Visitation of Rome, private publication) Week 2 Obedience Sunday Dec 10 While obedience is a virtue not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 3, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Vanity is an easy vice to warn against, but what about ambition? That’s commonly considered positive in our day and age. Why does St. Francis see it as negative?What makes vanity a defect of courage?What is vanity, precisely? Is it just about a concern for our...