by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 13, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
How can all the sufferings of Our Lord give us tranquility? Shouldn’t they give us a sense of sorrow? St. Francis also says that we should compare our sufferings to Our Lord’s sufferings and realize they are so little. Does this simply belittle the crosses...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 6, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
St. Francis asks (perhaps rhetorically) St. Jane: “what need is there to speak like this to a soul that knows me as she knows herself?” As much as someone knows us, why can we never exhaust the knowledge of ourselves to each other? We usually only think of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 20, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
St. Francis acknowledges that his reader is determined to live for God. However, he notes that, “your great natural activity harasses you with many restless impulses.” How can we calm those restless impulses within...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 13, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Saint Francis makes it very clear that he is this gentleman’s father, even referring to him as his “real son.” How do priests and bishops become our fathers in an even more real way than biological fathers?2. Reflect on the fact that earthly family...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 6, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean to belong to God alone? Does that mean we cannot have other meaningful relationships?2. How do we turn our sadness from M Sep 5, 7:51 PM having offended God into a deep tranquility and submission?3. What does it mean to in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In the opening paragraph, St Francis says: “God’s heavenly goodness does not let you fall into these faults in order to abandon you, but so as to humble you and make you take a firmer and tighter hold on the hand of his mercy.” What does this mean?Are we to take up...