by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 4, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Jane’s letters to those to whom she offered spiritual direction and to her own Visitation Sisters are replete with words of encouragement and exhortations to patience. She was convinced that we should do all things in God’s time and not in our own hurried...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 2, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Simplicity was always a favorite virtue of Francis and Jane. In living a simple life with thoughts of God, we will express loyalty, embody charity and generosity, find ordinariness and humility, connect with others and never lose hope, which keeps us all going! As the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 1, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Jane was authentically human; she shows a great deal of affection for her sisters in the many letters she wrote. Her presence warmed the community and inspired others to grow spiritually. She loved as few saints have loved and loved in a normal way, but much more she...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“The Salesian Jesus,” says Wendy Wright, “is perhaps best seen in a passage in Matthew’s gospel which presents the Lord as inviting all to come and learn from him for he is gentle and humble of heart.” For Jesus these are radical virtues...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Gentleness in dealing with others is one of the hallmarks of Salesian Spirituality. It is a foundational virtue for Jane and Francis that allows Christians to interact with others in a spirit of kindness and patience. For Jane, gentleness and humility were...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 29, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
This image of God shaping the individual is present throughout Scripture: the image of God the potter and of us his clay, God forming and knowing us even in our mothers’ wombs, the Psalmists crying to God to be shaped and reformed. St. Jane de Chantal uses these...