by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 8, 2025 | Advent
“… they prostrated themselves before him… and offered him their gifts”Mt 2:1-12 Sermon of 6 Jan. 1609 (VIII, 38) It is a great feast when the Church of the Gentiles (non-Jews, for Saint Paul) receives Christ. Today is a great feast because the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 5, 2025 | Advent
“Ah! When will we be entirely myrrh by mortification, incense by prayer, and gold by charity? When will we deal with the affairs of this century with our eyes fixed on Heaven? When will we no longer seek anything for the consolation of our hearts? When will we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 25, 2024 | Advent
“Let us follow the star of divine inspiration and attraction that calls us to the manger, and there let us go and adore and love the Child Jesus and offer ourselves to him.” Saint Jeanne de Chantal (1572-1641) Foundress of the Order of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 23, 2024 | Advent
Viva † Jesus “To win hearts, Oh, my Divine Jesus! He has fallen from the sky, Born like a child: ¡You will hold out the victory, May your love have come!” (Our Holy Hna. Margarita María Alacoque, VSM) Dearest Mother and Sisters We greet you with great joy, wishing you...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 22, 2024 | Advent
Accademia – St John the Baptist by Titian Cat314 Gospel according to Luke 3:10-18 What should we do? Have you heard, brothers and sisters, this question asked three times to John the Baptist? “What should we do?” ask the crowds. “What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 21, 2024 | Advent
Sunday December 22 a first lesson: in God’s plans, the most opportune moment for salvation is the one that seems humanly the most inopportune and improbable. Perhaps this year, when I am not in optimal spiritual conditions, the grace of “my...