by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Union of Our Will to God’s Will This article is taken from a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. In this excerpt, the saint treats the subject of prayer. De Sales discusses the four...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why would St. Jane have been warned against an excessive use of her imagination? What is harmful about it? And why did St. Francis temper it with suggesting something brief; what is helpful about it?What does it mean for our will to keep pace with our affections? What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 4, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Holy Liberty and Freedom Should Reign in Us At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about part of a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy on June 8, 1606, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What is devotion?How can we recognize the facade of true devotion?Why is it import to have a wholistic approach to our spiritual life?If devotion is Divine work within us and devotion also helps increase Divine life within us, how do we ever begin before we have this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Understand the Grace of True Devotion so You Can Rise Up to God ,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be going back to the basics. We will reflect upon the opening to the Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis’s most influential work.To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 20, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
We Are Counted as Fools by the World Please note: There will be no chat this Sunday due to Visitation administrative duties. Enjoy the following article for personal reflection.This article is taken from a chapter in An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis...