by Editor | Nov 12, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis hits on a valuable point regarding the temptation that some of us have in trying too discern God’s will for every situation (e.g., should we have chicken or beef tonight?). God has made us in His image and likeness, with the freedom of being His...
by Editor | Nov 9, 2018 | Visitation News, Vocation news
Read about Visitation Monastery and 4 other contemplative communities in Brooklyn NY here: Five Communities, One Purpose –...
by Editor | Nov 9, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales
Avoid Big Worries Over Small Things This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 14, “A Short Method To Know God’s Will.” S. Basil says that God’s will is made clear unto us by his...
by Editor | Nov 8, 2018 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints, Vocation news
Chapter VI To you it has been given to know the Mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven. (St Mark, IV -11) The Confidence of Jesus – The Flight From the beginning of her religious life, Sister Marie-Angélique frequently heard, in the most intimate places of herself, in...
by Editor | Nov 7, 2018 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints, Vocation news
Chapter V “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! (St Luke, XII-49) The nun The Community which, in 1906, welcomed the young professed coming out of the novitiate, was going to have to help her build up the patience and ...