by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 8, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is failing to address an issue able make a problem worse between people?Are relationships only true when they have no issues, or based on how they resolve issues?What is wrong about being forthright? What is good about it?Do you think that St. Francis is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 5, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
May the Spirit of Christ Reign Over Our Difficulties At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to Madame des Gouffiers, written from Annecy on August 2, 1621, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 1, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does it mean that “our Saviour’s redemption is applied to us in as many different manners as there are souls”? Doesn’t God save us by only one means?If God desires for us to love Him in return, that may seem to mean that this is something that God does not have....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 29, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
God Desires That We Should Love Him The following article is taken from a chapter in Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why should we accept sorrow as if it is coming from God? Doesn’t that go against God’s loving nature?If we are supposed to offer ourselves to suffer more, does that mean we shouldn’t be allowed to have leisure or enjoyable moments and instead just pursue sacrifice and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Accepting this Sorrow from His Hand This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on Sickness and Death by Saint Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and...