by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience Were at the Center of Life at Nazareth ,The following article is an excerpt taken from a sermon that was delivered by Saint Francis de Sales to a convent of nuns on Christmas Eve in the year 1614. Source: The Sermons of St Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2024 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart
The lonely soul in Jesus Solitude is the virtue of the strong! It is also, said St Bernard, the paradise of saints. Certainly it is not a question of solitude suffered but of solitude chosen. It is good for our spiritual growth to withdraw from vain things...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2024 | Visitation History
February 2: Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, day of prayer for Religious men and women of apostolic life February 2, 1641: Birth of Saint Claude La Colombière (Jesuit, apostle of devotion to the Sacred Heart and spiritual director of Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is it important to ask God what He will do with us?How can we confidently know God’s will for us?With the aids of the sacraments, why can following God still be difficult?What advantage does foregoing delights and pleasures have in our spiritual life?How can...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2024 | Sacred Heart
The small town of Saône-et-Loire remains very marked by the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Marguerite-Marie, of which it celebrates the great jubilee of 350 years. The Chapel of the Visitation is a discreet building, located in the eponymous street...