by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to put your “hand to the task.” Is this just a focus on our daily tasks? Is St. Francis focused on building a personal enterprise?Why is it important to try to not act with haste and be content with an even pace?Why is it that God’s power...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Draw Out the Thread of Your Plans Until You Put Them into Effect ,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 Cluses on August 6, 1606, taken from Selected Letters...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Reflections:How can we be best prepared for judgment (either at our death, or the final judgment at the end)?Do you think the fire that will consume the earth at the end of time is figurative or literal, or both?At the time of the resurrection of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Offer Him Your Heart in Penitence This article is an excerpt taken from a chapter in Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 21, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Even though death can come at any moment for us, why do we often live as if it is a far, distant reality?Why is it important to prepare for our deaths?We are often told that at death we will truly contextualize our lives, wishing we spent more time here and less time...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
When You Make Your Final Farewell, Cast Yourself Upon Him Hi Subscriber,This article is an excerpt taken from a chapter in Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the...