by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2020 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach
with St Margaret Mary Alacoque! (From her Life and Writings) Tuesday Second Week of Lent: ” To work or to suffer is all one to a heart that loves.” Monday Second Week of Lent: ” Like a faithful servant, you must forget yourself so as to work...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 24, 2020 | LENT, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
We are going to enter the time of Lent, a time of grace to “return to the Lord with all our heart”. Lenten gestures of fasting, almsgiving and prayer are traditional ways of changing our lives. St Margaret Mary, in these notices to her sisters, invites us...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 17, 2019 | LENT
“There was at the table, leaning against Jesus, one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved” (Jn13, 23) “Think that you are a little Saint John who has to sleep on the breast of Our Lord … So stay, dear Sister, like a little Saint John, and while...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 17, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Now Mary had taken a book of a very pure perfume of great value; she spread the perfume on Jesus’ feet, which she wiped from her hair. »(Jn 12,3) “This saint was admirable in this practice of humility; for from the moment of her conversion to her death,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 12, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Holy Week Meditations of St Francis de Sales THAT THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF THE DEVOUT SOUL IS IN THE CROSS Sunday April 14 “Truly this was the Son of God” We desire no other joy nor shade than that of the cross, no other drink than the blood which trickles down it, no...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 6, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday April 7 “If the sweetest fruits, such as cherries, apricots, and strawberries, are easy to preserve all year round, being candied with sugar and honey, is it not wonderful if our hearts are preserved from the corruption of sin when they are sweet from the...