by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Topic of chat Sun: WHY SUFFERING? St Francis de Sales will help with his advice from the Treatise on the Love of God. http://visitationspirit.org/2013/01/st-francis-de-sales-and-suffering/ Car: Pope JP II wrote a beautiful letter on the christian meaning of suffering...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2013 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
In our last post for the Year of Faith: Year of Faith & St. Jane de Chantal we shared about the Foundress of the Visitation Order, St Jane de Chantal’s observations about faith and temptations and her own struggle with them. A very holy soul, nevertheless most...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“When St. Monica was about to give birth to the great St. Augustine, she dedicated him by repeated acts of oblation to the Christian religion and the service of God’s glory. He testifies to this and says that “he had already tasted God’s salt...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
WHY SUFFERING? Last Sunday’s chat left us with a question which we will take up on Sunday January 27th’s chat: namely WHY SUFFERING? This is a great mystery ameliorated only by the fact that Our Lord Himself suffered, and greatly. St Francis de Sales offers...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Vocation news
An intern from the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis is discovering the monastic value of silence. Read about her insightful experiences here: On Silence: Thoughts from VIP Anna D. on one of the seven Essentials of Monastic...