by Sister Susan Marie | May 5, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
At the Visitation, Elizabeth greets Mary, as “Mother of my Lord” and “Blessed are you among women!” Why did God choose to reveal Mary’s motherhood of the Savior to Elizabeth? Mary has many roles and titles: Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Humanity, Refuge of...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 4, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On May 1st we celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Joseph serves as a model for all workers and an intercessor as well. Fr. Kevin Nadolski, OSFS, illustrates this with his article on St. Joseph, when he states, ” fidelity is the essence of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Mary, the “Lowly Servant”, is Pleasing to the Father Happy month of Mary! The practice of this specific month of Marian devotion and May crowning is believed to have been practiced since the 17th century, although devotion to the Blessed Mother began with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality
“The spirit of Christianity : What is a Christian if another Christ? When looking closely at the spirit blowing through souls , we quickly realized that if He did did not push them in this direction , all would conspire to deter their baptism in the true...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 29, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales had a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was through praying the Memorare to her, kneeling before a statue of Our Lady of Kind Deliverance, that he was freed from a serious and debilitating temptation as a young man. During the month of...