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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
St. Francis mentions two kinds of spiritual coldness: that which is caused by a slackening of good resolutions, and that which is due to simply weariness and heaviness. Can the second type lead to the first? How?What can we do to help ourselves not slip...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 9, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Discuss your relationship with your guardian angel. Do you have a regular devotion, are you in need of kindling a relationship? Why do you think God has assigned us angels? Does it seem superfluous if we have the Holy Spirit? Who do you think...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Yet again, we get a great glimpse into the mind and heart of St. Francis. What struck you from this letter? What if more bishops had this desire to lead their flocks at all cost? How would that change things for the Church? How can we all...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
“You have come to make your offerings under the protection of the glorious mother of the Mother of God, who, like a mother pearl, comes in the middle of the sea of this world without receiving any drop of salty water, I mean, without being in any way watered...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Discuss this line from St. Francis: “God allows many difficulties to beset those who want to serve him, but he never lets them sink beneath the burden as long as they trust in him.” Why do you think St. Francis uses the analogy of a bee hive to describe...