by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2022 | Advent, Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality
What sweeter way than to live this season of Advent under Mary’s gaze! In her, with her, let us renew our hope and our faith so that at Christmas the Divine Child may find our hearts quick to welcome him in order to pursue a true journey of interior...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Consider that this good Savior having submitted to the office of Redeemer so completely that he was content to hide His eternal wisdom under the veil of childhood:He who is the uncreated Word submitted to be silent and not to speak sooner than ordinary children; He...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 5, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The following thoughts are taken from the writings of St. Francis de Sales for Retreats. This series is entitled: ON THE SUBMISSION OUR SAVIOR PRACTISED IN HIS DIVINE CHILDHOOD “Consider first the submission of this eternal Son to the will of His heavenly Father;...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 5, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
” If we keep ourselves near to God, He will enlighten us. And therefore I beg you as far as I can, that we all purify ourselves in consideration of the adorable purity of the coming of our Lord and Master, and again in consideration of the feast we shall celebrate...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 4, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
” As much as we shall humble ourselves by true humility of heart, so much will the Almighty humble Himself in us to fill our hearts with the abundance of His Holy Spirit, Who will prepare us to receive the Lord in His holy birth. Let us cast our eyes on our Lord, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 3, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“We adore the Son of God in the bosom of His Eternal Father, triumphant and glorious; and we adore the same Son, humbled, annihilated, and hidden under our nature which he has united to His own, to live in a stable, to be born in poverty, in contempt, in suffering. He...