by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In the Salesian tradition developing a life of prayer is essential to Living Jesus because it is modeled on the example of Jesus who often went apart to pray. St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal imitated the example of Jesus. Prayer was for them a loving...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We are beginning a new series of reflections on Salesian Spirituality with excerpts from the “Living Jesus” booklet. Today we begin with: LOVING GOD WITH LIBERTY OF SPIRIT A fundamental assumption in Salesian Spirituality is that the person created in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 26, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
Live+Jesus The Procession Embraces the World in Prayer Listen here: http://visitationspirit.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2011-June-N8-A-Dance-of-our-Souls-with-God-400-Years-of-Prayer.mp3 OR READ HERE: PRISMS OF PRAYER- Visitation Prayer throughout the Centuries...
by Vis Editor | Jun 3, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality
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by Sister Susan Marie | May 25, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality
On PrayerSt. Francis de Sales: “We must strive to seek in God only love of His beauty and not pleasure found in the beauty of His love. If someone prays to God and perceives that he is praying, he is not perfectly attentive to his prayer. He diverts his attention...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 20, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The following excerpt from St. Francis de Sales is the one on which is based the motto of Salesian spirituality, “Live Jesus.” Francis wrote to Mme. De Limonjon the following, “Keep in mind the main lesson Jesus left us in three words so that we would never forget...