by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Guest1756 (Guest): (Judy) Starting question 1. God often attracts us at the beginning of our faith journey with consolations and signal graces, but later a desert phase so that we might grow to desire Him more. If He gave us a desert phase right at the beginning,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Our Gracious God and our great Enemy are in conflict Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 15, “An Illustration,” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis warns us of the issues that arise...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Dry times in our faith journey are bound to happen, but we often approach it with the attitude of “why me?” How might it help to put it in perspective by considering St. Francis’ explanation that at times the dryness is a fault of our own? Or, how does that not help...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We are often ourselves the cause of our own dryness and barrenness Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 14, “Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness,” from An Introduction to the Devout Life....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 14, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
: Psalm 18:2-3 leads us to pray: “I love you, LORD, my strength, LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold!” What does the contrast of the changing nature of the world compared to God’s eternal and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 8, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Through all change we must abide in God’s presence Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 12, “Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and How to Receive Them,” from An Introduction to...