by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is it important to ask God what He will do with us?How can we confidently know God’s will for us?With the aids of the sacraments, why can following God still be difficult?What advantage does foregoing delights and pleasures have in our spiritual life?How can...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How can God ask us to not be anxious when this world is full of stressors beyond our control?In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus serenely tells us that we have no need to worry, but trust that God will provide. Does this mean people in dire situations, or...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 18, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Stilling the Storms of An Anxious Heart 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 | Jan 11, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Blessed is the Man that Endureth Temptation At our Living Jesus Chat this Sunday we will be talking about the following article, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 7, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Fasting, abstinence, and self-denial allow us to delay the pleasure of the goods God has given in this life. How can having more control over our desires for them be a co-redemptive remedy against the effects of the Fall?Does the grace we have as...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 4, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Before the Incarnation, Men Lived Like Brute Beasts The following article is taken from a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: For Advent and Christmas by St. Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read...