by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 23, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is it important for each vocation to have devotion that is befitting that vocation, even as specific to the individual?Is this just a concession? And does this mean, then, that lay people are capable of lesser degrees of holiness compared...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 22, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
True Devotion Hinders No One Hi Subscriber,This week’s article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 13, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Our Lord Has a Continual Care Over the Guidance of His Children Happy Easter. He is risen!This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on Sickness and Death by St. Francis de Sales which is published by TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 2, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis leads with the ubiquitous: “All things work together for good to those who love God.” How can we defend this in the light of suffering? Are we supposed to allow misfortune merely at the prospect of “at least we’ll be in heaven...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Both Sins and Difficulties Can Be Transformed into the Good This article is taken from a chapter in The St. Francis de Sales Signature Set by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 26, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Discuss the analogy of winter as sin and spring as the entrance of grace into a soul, giving it new life.This is obviously just an image St. Francis uses, but is there something negative about winter? Would we not experience something like it in...