by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Francis de Sales believed in miracles. And he attested that miracles are a “rule of faith”. He supported this viewpoint with strong examples. HOW IMPORTANT MIRACLES ARE FOR CONFIRMING OUR FAITH.( The Catholic Controversy, Article VII, Chapter 1)...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 10, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints, Vocation news
Sunday’s chat reached full capacity as we shared our thoughts about this holy season. How does one foster an intense desire to wait for Christ during Advent? Can we expect our ardor to grow as Advent progresses? How can we experience this fervor as we carry out...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Servant of God Mother Maria Angelica Alvarez Icaza (1887-1977 )was a Visitation Nun from Mexico. Her cause is before the Holy See, and this year, 2012, the Positio Super Virtutibus, or the statement on her virtues, is under discussion by the Consultant theologians in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales draws on Holy Scripture as a source of faith. “Holy Scripture is in such sort the rule of the Christian faith that we are obliged by every kind of obligation to believe most exactly all that it contains, and not to believe anything which may...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 3, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“I wish that we should be much taken up, this Advent, with thanking our Lord for His admirable Incarnation and coming into this world. Let us not be ungrateful for this. Behold, it is the Lord who comes to extend over us the greatness of His mercies. Let us give Him...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 1, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Our Advent series this year will focus on the Advent prayers , reflections and experiences of various Visitation Sisters, both our mystics as well as other members of of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary. We begin with newly declared Venerable Sister Maria Margit...