by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 6, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Saintly Visitandines, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
FORTITUDE is love that encourages and animates the heart so as to carry out what counsel has determined must be done. Jun 5, 7:33 PM Simone (Guest): PIETY is the love that sweetens labor and makes us with good heart gratitude and filial affection do works...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 30, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
St. Francis describes practicing virtues as an exercise. How can we flex our virtue muscles so as to become spiritually stronger? How can this analogy help us realize the due diligence our spiritual life needs in order to remain healthy? How can we...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 23, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
How can we find more hope in the loss of a loved one? What about for someone who did not die in the faith? How can we be more supportive (and encouraging) of those who choose a vocation that requires them to leave us? St. Francis wrote...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 16, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
n the opening paragraph, does it seem like St. Francis is excusing the young woman’s sins/faults because of her temperament?The first paragraph is reminiscent of these two Bible verses. Discuss in this context: “And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them;...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 9, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean to unite our sweat with Jesus’ sweat? If you have ever gotten to set sights on the Shroud, did you ever envision that it contains within it the remnants of the sweat of such a great saint as St. Francis? While it is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 25, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why do we so easily “divinize” (idolize) other human beings? How can we end up idolizing someone/something through our actions, even if we claim to be keeping it in its place as a created thing? St. Francis says the kind of expression described in this...