by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 27, 2024 | St. Francis de Sales
“We add the verse Gloria to every psalm and canticle,according to the ancient custom of the Eastern Church, which the great S. Jerome begged Pope S.Damasus to institute here in the Western; to protest, that all the praises of men and angels are toolow to praise...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 26, 2024 | St. Francis de Sales
“When the unhappy troop of diabolic spirits, revolting from their Creator,essayed to draw to their faction the holy company of the blessed spirits, the glorious S. Michael,animating his comrades to the fidelity which they owed to their God, cried with loud voice...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 26, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Please Him by Depending Utterly on His Love and Trusting Him At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy in 1616, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 25, 2024 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
Having reached maturity of years and virtue, St. Chantal lost St. Francis de Sales and found St. Vincent de Paul. The first directed her for eighteen years, the second for twenty. The one saw the rising of this beautiful star ; the other assisted at its setting and,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 25, 2024 | Guard of Honor
Consolation As soon as we suffer, our first impulse is to seek someone who will have pity on us and who can comfort us. Alone, we can neither bear the weight of our pain nor even taste our joys personally. Naturally, we want to share our feelings with those close to...