by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality
January 1587: After praying the “Memorare” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales, future founder of the Order of the Visitation, is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
How did St Jane and St Vincentarrange the spiritualk direction sessions together? Even when the requirements of new houses called Jane away from Paris for a time, she failed not to communicate with her director by letter ; and several of these touch ing memorials of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 16, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
After St./ Francis de Sales died in 1622, St Vincent de Piul became St. Jane’s spiritual director. How had this come to be? It was in the year 1622 tliat Vincent accepted the office of spiritual director to the nuns of the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary at...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 6, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean to belong to God alone? Does that mean we cannot have other meaningful relationships?2. How do we turn our sadness from M Sep 5, 7:51 PM having offended God into a deep tranquility and submission?3. What does it mean to in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In the opening paragraph, St Francis says: “God’s heavenly goodness does not let you fall into these faults in order to abandon you, but so as to humble you and make you take a firmer and tighter hold on the hand of his mercy.” What does this mean?Are we to take up...