by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 4, 2017 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses.(Numbers 21: 4-5) It may be, my dear Philothea, that your change of life causes some trouble in you, that this farewell which you have said to the world and its nonsense leaves you...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2017 | LENT
We continue with the French Visitandine’s thoughts for Lent: After every meditation on the sufferings of Our Lord, live one of His virtues. Each day should give increased beauty to your robe of charity; be very careful to lose no opportunity of embellishing it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 22, 2017 | LENT, Monthly Mystic
We continue the excerpts from the Lenten reflections of Mother Philomene du Gasset of the Visitation Monastery of Nantes, France. ” We are entering the days which appeal to us to become absorbed in the sufferings of Our Lord. His Love is a love that cannot be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 15, 2017 | LENT
We continue with thoughts of Mother Philomene du Gasset for Lent. She suggests there is a third kind of fasting beyond the normal fast and abstinence. “This penance is self-reformation. It consists in quitting self, combating our defects and laboring to acquire...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
We began our reflection on Ash Wednesday with the thoughts of Mother Marie-Philomene du Gasset and this week we continue with her second talk. THE SPIRIT OF PENANCE AND HUMILITY The Church, at the beginning of this holy season, points out the dispositions we should...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
This Lent we are sharing a treasure for meditation- rare conferences not easily found in English, by a Visitandine Superior, Mother Marie-Philomène Maujoüan du Gasset, of Nantes France, (1818-1896) whom we wrote about as a mystic in a previous post....