by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 13, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Is God pleased if one simply desires to desire Him? 2. Saint Francis speaks of the good of “spiritual avarice.” Is this truly good? 3. How can we learn to better become beggars of spirit? 4. In what ways do faith and hope inspire this desire of love? 5....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 6, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
We start the last book of the Treatise. Jan 4, 10:01 AM Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): • s this idea new to you that those predisposed to natural love vs. those who are not can love equally? • Why is it important that our individual temperament be a part of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 30, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow? Why are we called to rejoice in suffering as Christians? Where do we see this throughout Scripture? Does St. Francis give a fair overview of sadness in this chapter? Does he take into account mental...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 23, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
There is a war raging inside us between divine love and self-love. How do we allow divine love to win out in our lives? Why do you think we are so prone to self-love? How can we surrender more of our will and passions to God’s will and good pleasure? Why with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 17, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What do you make of the description of the fruit of the Spirit being love with multiple facets of expression in the other virtues? Does that make sense to you?2. What do you think is the distinction between the gifts and the fruits of the Spirit?3. Saint Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What do you make of the distinctions of the types of fear? Is there something that was not clear? Was there something that stood out to you? 2. Can there be desire without fear? More specifically, can there be a desire of heaven without fear? 3. How can we use our...