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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Sweetness and consolation are what we persistently desire, but it is the bitter taste of dryness that is profitable. St. Peter would gladly have dwelt upon Mt. Tabor, though he fled from Calvary, but was not the greater work for us done upon the latter? And did...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
These weeks of Lent are a time for us to get ready for the Passion of Our Savior Jesus Christ, but how can we best prepare for such a momentous commemoration? St. Jane de Chantal advises us: We are going to commemorate the Passion of our Savior: let us strive to...