by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St Francis de Sales said of this biblical event, the Visitation: “Do you not think that what most particularly prompted our glorious Mistress to make this visit was her most ardent charity and a very profound humility which enabled her to pass with such speed...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 21, 2024 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Every year, for the feast of the Visitation, a highlight is offered to you to better enter into the legacy of Saint Francis de Sales. The theme of this 2024 edition is entitled “Heart of Jesus, treasure of joy”, an expression of Saint Marguerite-Marie...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 19, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit, promised by Jesus, and poured out on the apostles. For us Christians, it is the incredible discovery of a new force, that of the Spirit of God, given in superabundance at baptism. The Spirit...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality
May 13, 1920: Canonization of St. Margaret Mary (mystical nun of the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, confidante of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) by Pope Benedict XV. May 13, 1933: Venerable Sister Marie-Marguerite Bogner is born in Heaven at the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 28, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
by Conférence Sr Maria Theresia (translated) I especially love these three little virtues: gentleness of heart, poverty of spirit and simplicity of life. » (EA, XIII, p. 92) SIMPLICITY… PURELY CHRISTIAN VIRTUE “This virtue is purely Christian, because the pagans, even...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2024 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Source: L’obéissance – Association Saint François de Sales (saint-francois-de-sales.com) Palm Sunday He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, and the death of the cross. (Phil 2:8) See if your sufferings, both in number and intensity, are comparable to...