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Sunday chat December 1

by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 2, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

What do you make of Saint Francis saying that in this life charity will never be perfected to the point that we will be without fear? Should this make us despair? Does this hinder motivation for growing in charity? Why is servile fear necessary, according to Saint...

Sun Chat November 10 on Treatise

by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 11, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized

Do you find St Francis analogy of going on a trip to Paris via Lyons helpful in understanding this reflection? Why or why not? Does his description above about the person whose “whole will in this action comes to terminate and be absorbed in the love of God,...

Sunday chat Nov 3

by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 4, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition? Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more...

Sun chat: Oct 27-Good works and Charity

by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 28, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

What is the distinction between a sinner who doing works while dead in sin compared to the works of someone made dead by sin?This reflection is a sobering reminder that no matter how many good works we have, we can easily render all of that empty through a single...

Sun chat October 20

by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 25, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

Saint Francis emphasizes often the divide between a non-Christian attempting virtue in vain compared with the Christian who has grace. What different then is there between a Christian attempting virtue without charity and a pagan doing likewise? How can we ensure that...

Sunday chat Oct 13

by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 14, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

What might be the distinction between taking one’s life as described above and taking one’s life through depression and despair?2. How can the present reflection shed light on the abortion industry and the motives and reasons with which people approach...
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