by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 6, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Glorify the Existence God Has Given You 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 article, which is reproduced below, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 30, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
When Temptation Becomes Sinful This article is taken from a chapter in An Introduction to the Devout Life: Philothea by Saint 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 | May 26, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to prepare our souls for something? How can we do this?What is self-renunciation?What would it be like to make it a habit to say the prayer that St. Francis suggests, “tear me away from myself. O self, I put you away...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 23, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The Whole of Yourself Is to Be Buried and Abandoned Forever At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy on May 18, 1616, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 19, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How is life much like being on a ship in the middle of the sea?How even more is living a life of faith like being on a ship in the middle of the sea?What does it mean to be resigned to God’s will? What exactly is acquiescence?Does being pushed to the point of a...
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...