by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Are Protestant Ministers True Ambassadors of Christ? During the height of the Protestant Reformation, Saint Francis de Sales was embroiled in the many controversies surrounding its dissemination. We will be reflecting upon articles he wrote defending Catholicism. Here...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Feb 27, 6:23 AM SrSusan (Guest): What does it mean that God gives us to someone? Isn’t this only something married people should say?Why do you think Saint Francis was so struck by his encounter with Saint Jane, such that he believed God gave her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Commend Me To Your Guardian Angel ,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about some very brief letters from Saint Francis de Sales. One was a brief note after his first encounter with Saint Jane de Chantal, and the other is the surviving portion...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 23, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to yield to the will of God completely? How can we know this?Why is it that God might lead us into darkness, helplessness, and so forth?Saint Francis says that God will not lead us into temptation. Why then in the Our Father do we ask God to not lead...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 20, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Your Temptations Come From the Devil and From Hell At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about part of a letter written by Saint Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy, February 18, 1605.To prepare for our chat, please read...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 16, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What is happenstance or serendipity? Are these just life’s happy little moments, or is there an element of “divine coincidence” (providence)?How can we strike the balance of being friends or friendly with someone in a place of stature, power, or fame? Should we just...