by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal exhorted her Visitandine Sisters to grow toward perfect holiness by the means given them in their Congregation. She said, “ I can bring nothing before your eyes, in this holy time of Lent, my dear Sisters, nothing I say, more pressing than the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal: It is chiefly in this time of Lent that we are to apply ourselves to prayer, and we are to breathe recollectedness and mortification, even in our recreations. Let us advance in true virtue following our Lord in the desert, and praying, as he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 23, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal, the Foundress of the Visitation Order, guided her Sisters through various “Chapters” or community meetings, held throughout the year. We will be sharing her encouraging Lenten thoughts for the next few weeks. St. Jane de Chantal: “ I have but two...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
(February 22, 2012: Ash Wednesday) “Rend your hearts, not your garments.” During his last Lent before his death in December 1622, Francis de Sales preached in a sermon in which he made the following observation: “Our Divine Savior (who instituted the fast) greatly...