by Sister Susan Marie | May 17, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Saint Francis writes that having to attend to many things is a great means of acquiring virtue. Discuss this in light of the story of Martha and Mary with Jesus. What do you think of Saint Francis saying that “the fact that one has to attend to a great many...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 10, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What’s up with this tension between Spirit and flesh? If our physical makeup is essential to our being, why it does it seem so often to be relegated to something negative? Related, is there a distinction between “flesh” and simply our physical...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 3, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
How do we serve God with gentleness? What might this look like? In praying, “Father, may it be done not as I will, but as you will” how do we recognize what is the will of the Father? Consider the paragraph about Mary Magdalene. What does it mean for God...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 26, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to spend time with God?What does it mean to utterly abandon ourselves to God?(From the third paragraph): How can people in different vocations have different virtues?St. Francis pointed out virtues that religious should have. What kind of virtues...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 19, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How can we be more confident to talk about God and not be afraid of what people think? Why is what St. Francis said about not needing to wait until we have perfection to speak so vital? (Think if we had to wait until all priests were perfect before they could hear our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 12, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
AM SrSusan (Guest): What does it mean that we should only use imagination in prayer to move the will?What would the advantage be of not using imagination in prayer? Could we even pray the rosary?What do you make of St. Francis telling...