by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 18, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
. Following God more and more seems demanding. Saint Francis gives the example of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac. If God wants to give to us, why does God ask so much out of us?2. Pope Benedict wrote in his encyclical Spe Salve: “Man was created for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How does practicing indifference “show ourselves as true servants of God?” “[T]he will of God was more recognized in sufferings than in the actions of virtues.” Why is this the case? Is one more noble than the other? St. Francis says that the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 4, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Let’s start by discussing the distinction between indifference and resignation (as discussed by Saint Francis). What are these two things? In our modern use of the word, indifference is often seen as a negative thing. Why in this instance of following...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Resignation prefers God’s will before all things, yet it loves many other things besides the will of God. Indifference goes beyond resignation: for it loves nothing except for the love of God’s will: insomuch that nothing can stir the indifferent heart, in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why do you suppose suffering and affliction are part of God’s plan? Why didn’t God redeem us in a way that didn’t require this?What does it mean to “please” the Lord? If God is sufficient and perfectly happy in Himself without us, then...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 18, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How are afflictions viewed through God’s will “unspeakably lovely and precious?” “[T]he principal effect of love is to make the lover suffer for the thing beloved.” How do we see this in married persons? In religious? What would be the...