by Sister Susan Marie | May 16, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Stay the Course When Our Lord is the Captain Hi Susan,This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence by Saint Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books. Here he uses an analogy of a person aboard a ship without knowing its...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 12, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to be filled with the life and death of Jesus?In this brief letter, St. Francis talks about the Shroud of Turin. This holy relic has gotten a lot of extra attention in our age. Regardless of whether it is the true shroud or...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 9, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
He Spilled His Sweat and Blood So as to Unite Them to Ours Hi Susan,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written from Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy on May 4, 1514, taken from Selected Letters...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 5, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is St. Francis de Sales so adamant about not making recourse to the law in life matters? He said that lawsuits were OK, but “whoever wants to be perfect” will not do so. Is this a double standard? Is there a comparison here between marriage and consecrated...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 2, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
If You Are Striving for Perfection, Give Away Your Cloak as Well At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written from Francis de Sales to Madame des Gouffiers, written from Annecy on May 1621, taken from Selected Letters of St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Reflections:If we do successful things or laudable things, we could be praised for them, but how do we avoid doing those things for the sake of being praised? Or how do we not allow ourselves to be consumed by the praise we do end up receiving?How is it that imperfect...