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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Love showed through all of Jane’s letters, She loved her sisters with real affection and loved them enough to encourage them to spiritual heights. She cherished the friendships that existed between herself and the first sisters of the Visitation. Her letters to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 26, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Perhaps Jane as mother is the role with most appeal for us today. The charming pictures of her playing with her children, teaching them their lessons, sacrificing herself for them so that their grandfather would not squander their inheritance—all these incidents...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 25, 2011 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Jane was a person of her time who sought holiness in the situations in which she found herself. She suffered valiantly and yet kept going. She wasn’t afraid to be who she was: a woman of courage, who was faithful to the commitments that came with each stage of...