by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
When We Obey, God Contributes His Assistance, His Inspiration, and His Grace We sometimes consider God’s will as it is in itself, and finding it all holy and all good, we willingly praise, bless and adore it, and sacrifice our own and all other...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 20, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the difference of submitting to God as Lord and Master compared to submitting to God out of love? Are the two mutually exclusive? How might they come into play at different times in our spiritual lives? This reflection calls to attention the part of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 16, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Love of Benevolence Casts Our Hearts Into 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 Commandments,...
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...