by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2015 | Guard of Honor, LENT, Saintly Visitandines
Holy Lent! May your resolutions be sweet to your soul and prepare you for the joy of Easter! In March we celebrate St Joseph. We offer a meditation of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud about work: “You shall eat bread by the sweat of your brow.”...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2015 | Guard of Honor, LENT
During the month of February, we enter the Lenten season. This time can be an opportunity for everyone to focus on the essentials. To help, here is the advice of our Guard of Honor Founder, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud “I do not think … I do not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 6, 2015 | Guard of Honor
Thanksgiving “” Early in this year, we are eager to seek heaven for the relief we need … But we are less eager to thank our Heavenly Father for all the blessings He has bestowed on us! Ingratitude is the result of our selfishness and our pride....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2015 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart
Foundress Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud expressed these thoughts for the New Year: ACTION OF GRACE: In the beginning of the year we ask God for blessings that we need, but do we thank Him for the benefits we have received? Ingratitude comes from egoism and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 28, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation Saints
May the weeks between now and the Nativity be a peaceful journey of faith and humility to prepare us to welcome the God made man! A Blessed Advent to all. Here is Sr Mary of the Sacred Heart’s meditation: Without being a member of the Law Society or a court,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In these days when we pray especially for our dear departed, here is the advice of the Foundress of the Guard of Honor: Purity of intention A thing is pure when it is free of any mixture or of any foreign body in its own essence , that is to say, it is in perfect...