by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 11, 2015 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITY OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES … To celebrate the 50th anniversary of DeSales University, the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture is offering our first-ever MOOC … a Massive Open Online Course on the Everyday Spirituality of St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2012 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, St. Jane de Chantal
Today, August 12th, the Sisters of the Visitation celebrate the Solemnity of our Foundress, St. Jane de Chantal. St. Jane lived for God, as a young, single woman, a wife, a mother, a widow and a religious. Her wisdom can be a source of support for women in all...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 8, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Presence of God: “To feel God’s presence so intimately and powerfully, so that you are no longer aware of yourself is to have that little drop of water, self, dissolve in the ocean of divinity.” Moderation: “Kindness, gentleness, and support,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 8, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Peace of Heart “Live joyously and serenely with whatever our Lord will do with you and for you.” Quiet Recollection: “We must keep our hearts open and wait for the heavenly dew to fall, because the graces of prayer are not like water welling up...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 6, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Jane was surely the seventeenth century model for the valiant woman of Proverbs. Highly gifted with a deep thirst for knowing and loving God, she never gave up listening closely to what God wanted from her. She never lost faith in God to guide her, and never lost the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 5, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Jane knew how to love and how to love deeply. After God, her husband came first. No one could take the place reserved for him in her heart. Her children, for all their trouble and the sorrow they caused their mother, could always be sure of an open mind and a willing,...