by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 27, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
SrSusan (Guest): Reflections:What can cause us to be led to turn prayer into an anxious pursuit of something?Why do we tend to treat prayer like a wishing well and God like a genie?What is the true purpose of prayer?How can we “let God do his will”? Are we able to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 24, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Your Anxiety in Prayer Is in Itself Enough to Stop You from Finding What You Seek At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written sometime between 1605 to 1608 by Francis de Sales to “a Lady” (probably Mademoiselle de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 20, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
St. Francis mentions the experience of Mary Magdelene being physically close to Jesus on the cross yet feeling so distant. While that example is more obvious, how is it able to happen in our life that we become so distant from those in our life?What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 17, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
“You Are Not the Only One to Bear This Cross” Hi, Susan,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy on 1 August 1605, taken from Selected Letters of St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 13, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
When did God begin to love us?How can you love an uncreated being?How can we have worthy or sufficient love for the infinite goodness of the Creator?If God has prepared all means for our salvation, why didn’t He simply make it so that we couldn’t fall into original...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 10, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Long Before Jesus Suffered for You on the Cross as Man ,This article is taken from a chapter in St. Francis de Sales Signature Set Volume II: Consoling Thoughts by Saint Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read...