by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
This Constant Flutter of Your Heart Exhausts Your Strength All the Time This week we read part of a letter from St. Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantel, in response to a troubling letter she previously sent him.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 10, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
St. Jane’s “Anguish of Spirit” ,August 12 is the feast day of St. Jane de Chantal, the co-founder, along with St. Francis de Sales, of the Visitation Order. In honor of this day, we want to share and reflect upon a letter written by St. Jane to St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
What is meekness? What does it mean to be meek? And what might that look like for someone who has a leadership role?Why is it so important to not live according to our passions? And if we are supposed to avoid them, how/why do we have them in the first place?What are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Live According to Reason and Devotion The following reflection is taken from a section in the book Roses Among Thorns: Simple Advice for Renewing Your Spiritual Journey, a book which consists of excerpts by St. Francis de Sales. It is published by Sophia Institute...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 30, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How can we learn to become less anxious?What are mortifications and how can we “practice” them?Why is it important to give our all to the Lord and yet not try to over do it? Is that a contradiction?How might we be failing to recognize the Lord in our day-to-day lives?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Jesus Dresses as a Gardener to Show Us the Importance of Ordinary Mortifications The following reflection is taken from a section in the book Roses Among Thorns: Simple Advice for Renewing Your Spiritual Journy, published by Sophia Institute Press.To prepare for our...