by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Discuss this line: “it costs no more to sigh in God and to God and for God than to sigh and complain without making good use of it.” If we’re going to take the energy for something, why not do so as a prayer? Do you find it difficult...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 15, 2022 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
from our Monastery of la Visitation du Mans SUMMARY OF THE LIFE AND VIRTUES OF OUR DEAR SISTER Marie Dosithée GUERIN 1829-1877 Deceased in this Convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie du Mans, February 24th, 1877, 48 years old, 17 years as professed at the rank of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 14, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Often the saints bring to light this or that aspect of the life of Jesus through theirexistence and their works. If we asked Saint Francis de Sales what feature of the face of theChrist had seduced him more particularly, what his teaching amounted to for him, hewould...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
: How can this short letter teach us something about the nature of the Church, about the importance of relying on each other?How might this little reflection on floating on some planks of wood teach us something about the theology of salvation by faith and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 4, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How can we become more attuned to Christ’s omnipresence, especially since he is “waiting for us everywhere”?If the Eucharist can give us eternal life, why then are there people who still fall away from the Lord?St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2022 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
On July 2, 1688, two years before her death, the saint Margaret Mary saw Christ seated in flames that represented the burning fire of his love. On the right, Blessed Mother has her face turned towards Margaret Mary. Our Lady entrusts her with this message: the Sisters...