by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2021 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
O my dear Savior, how happy I will be if you imprinted mightily in my heart your suffering image: Humbly prostrate at the foot of your Cross, I will tell you often, O my divine savior, Have mercy on me ! 1.Jesus unknown and despised, Jesus slandered, persecuted, Jesus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 27, 2021 | 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 Mar 28 “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 | Mar 16, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare – March 14 But God is rich in mercy; because of the great love with which he loved us. (Ep 2, 4) Your miseries and your infirmities should not astonish you: God has seen others, and his mercy does not reject the miserable. (To a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2021 | LENT, St. Francis de Sales
Monday March 8 But he, passing through the midst of them, was on his way. (Lk 4:30) Who does not see that the world is like an iniquitous judge: full of indulgence for his children; but hard and relentless for those of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Monday March 1 “Seeing that he preferred Joseph to them, his other sons hated him, and they could no longer speak to him without hostility. “(Gn 37,4) I love your advancement in solid piety, and this advancement requires difficulties, so that you may be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2021 | Guard of Honor, LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Dear friends- Guards of honor, Even though we are in Lent, a path of interior purification, the words of our foundress, written over a century and a half ago, once again resonate in a very particular way with our current affairs. Let us know how to read them in their...