by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 8, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
He that is just let him be justified still This week we are moving into book three (“Of The Progress And Perfection Of Love.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to watch the video “How Our Love of God Can Continue...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 5, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Repentance that does not reject love of God, although it may lack it, is good, but imperfect. But if it did not progress to a holy love of God in some degree, it would profit us nothing for everlasting life. When does repentance become penitence? What types of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
If we have not the holy love of God, all this would profit nothing for eternal life This week we are moving into the section from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to watch the video “Penitence and Charity” to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
By His gift of faith, God comes into our souls, talks to our mind. He proposes truths in darkness, in obscurity. But once this divine brightness of faith comes down upon the mind, it compels the obedience of the intellect without any show of reasoning or argument....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
This week we are moving into the section from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to watch the video “Faith and Hope” to help deepen your reflection and give you a new way to embrace his timeless wisdom. (If you’d prefer to read...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We have the power to reject God’s grace, His inspiration. The ruin is our doing, but God who is all good, never forsakes unless forsaken; never takes away his gifts unless we take away our hearts from Him. Man has the power to reject, no matter how much grace is given...