by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales always developed his points with thorough examples and images. In his sermon for Ash Wednesday( previously posted) he explained the three principles or conditions for fasting. One of those was never to fast through vanity but always through...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was a spellbinding preacher and his sermons are timeless. We will be journeying through the remaining weeks of Lent with him, touching upon all the familiar aspects of this season but with his special style. Fasting is fundamental. St Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2012 | LENT, Sacred Heart
Final portion of the talk by Father Edouard Marot on Loving the Heart of Jesus (translated from the French) The Saints and the Heart of Jesus Almost all of the Saints, canonized by Blessed John Paul II, were devotees of the Heart of Christ. The Heart of Jesus remains...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2012 | LENT, Sacred Heart
Continuation of Father Edouard Marot’s Lenten talk on Loving the Sacred Heart Jesus had just instituted the Eucharist … He went to Gethsemane. Here, the will of Christ conformed to the will of the Father. He converses with his Father … This is the most...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2012 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
A beautiful way to live Lent is to grow in the Love of the Heart of Jesus. Is it not true that the aim of our ongoing conversion is to get closer to Jesus and His heavenly Father? To love the heart of Jesus is the core of our spiritual life. All the initiatives of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Your mercy is not exhausted since it is infinite. It has not stopped because there are no stopping points and that, furthermore, it would close heaven. It has not ceased because, just as a fire continues to burn as long as it has consumable material, so is your...