by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Jane de Chantal
What does it mean to abandon oneself to God? Does this mean that we lose our autonomy and become like robots following God? In light of this reflection, what are your thoughts on Our Lord’s words: “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 10, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
St. Jane de Chantal teaches us about abandoning to Divine Providence This week we are are going to take a break from our reflection on Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God to celebrate the feast day of St. Jane Frances de Chantal (our foundress)....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What is it about God that begets the movements of what St. Francis calls complacence and benevolence? How do we become conformed to God’s will? How does God draw us to him, and yet respect our free will? If we become like that which we are drawn to, what kind of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 5, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
By Often Delighting in God We Become Conformed to God This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8 (“Of The Love of Conformity, By Which We Unite Our Will To The Will Of God, Signified Unto Us By His...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 30, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
The ways that St. Francis describes Our Lady here hearken back to the original innocence of Adam and Eve. Before the Fall they had perfect integrity (meaning their souls were always in perfect harmony with their bodies and there was no concupiscence in them). What is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 17, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Jul 22, 7:39 PM Dawn (Guest): 1. What does it mean that Mary did not live, but Jesus lived in her? Is this pious language? What does this mean? Jul 22, 7:42 PM Judy (Guest): St. Paul said that he lived not he, but Christ lived in him. How much more can she, who...