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The Goodness of God

by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 1, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

As summer arrives, we wish to live a few weeks at a more relaxed pace. We sometimes stop at the side of the road to contemplate for a few moments a landscape bathed in light. In thus admiring creation, we enter, consciously or not, in the very movement of God. On the...

Reflections Guard of Honor for July

by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality

In this summer weather, we can admire nature but also sometimes feel overwhelmed by the vagaries of the weather. We then take the full measure of our smallness and our place in creation. This should be the case for our position vis-à-vis God. There are so many graces...

Momento of the Month of July

by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 29, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History

July 2, 1688: (at the time, the day set for the feast of the Visitation) Saint Marguerite-Marie (nun of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial) contemplates in a vision the Heart of Jesus, surrounded by the Virgin Mary, Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Claude de la...

St. Francis de Sales on the Eucharist

by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 28, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis wrote abundantly on the Holy Eucharist. Here is a sample of his thoughts, for your reflection “The Holy Eucharist is the perfect Communion of Saints, for it is the food common to angels, and sainted souls in Paradise, and ourselves; it is the...

Sunday chat June 26

by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach

Why does St. Francis describe the way of following God not extraordinarily? Wouldn’t this be the most extraordinary thing someone can do in this life?What is so special about gentleness, peace, and humility?If there are special “places” in...