by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 28, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is willing always emphasized as important over doing? Is doing, then, unimportant? What lesson was to be learned by the Israelites taking 40 years to get to the Promised Land? If Jesus was so in sync with God’s will, why did He ask in the Garden of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 21, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Sunday chat The Danger of Lawsuits Sep 20, 8:48 AM VisitationSiste: Why should we love abjection? And, what exactly does it mean to be abject?Is it wrong for Christians to ever take someone to court?Why does St. Francis think lawsuits are so dangerous for the soul?How...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 14, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What do you think it would be like to get such a letter from your bishop?How do we achieve this abandonment to God? It seems so unattainable; is it something reserved only for the saints?What exactly does it mean to “belong to God”?What does it mean to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
. How can we have a healthy focus on avoiding vice and growing in virtue without becoming scrupulous about sin and vice?2. Do you find it ironic that in order to avoid vice, we need to have a healthy focus on it (And not just ignore it or be in denial that it exists)?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
n spite of whatever efforts we make towards ecumenism, St. Francis reminds us of an important point that Protestants (and us) “remain in irreconcilable contradiction on the meaning of the words of institution of the Eucharist.” Why is this so important?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why do you think St. Francis emphasized this difficulty of serving the Church while being entrenched in the world? How can we avoid letting the concerns of the world not hinder our spiritual lives and service to the Kingdom of God? St. Francis encourages meditation...