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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 16, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis points out that God has no need of us (as if God lacks something), instead He created us to share in His goodness. However, after the resurrection, Jesus tells his disciples to spread the gospel, almost as if God is allowing...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 13, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
God Wants to Exercise His Goodness Towards You, Bestowing His Grace and Glory This article is taken from a chapter in An 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 9, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Reflections:What does it mean for us to at one point to have never existed, and now you will never cease to exist, even after death?Does being mere dirt/dust/ashes mean that we are seen as just unimportant thereby?God creates us out of nothing. Discuss...