by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2021 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach
Dear friends, This first Friday in April places us under the gaze of the crucified and I would like, with Saint Margaret Mary, to give you back a strong word of Jesus: “let me imprint on you my suffering image”. It is not suffering that the Lord imprints...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 29, 2021 | Guard of Honor, LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Dear Honor Guards, On these holy days, the Passion of Jesus resonates especially with us, Guardians of Honor. It is indeed at the foot of the Cross that we stand during our Hour of Presence, in the continuity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2021 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
O my dear Savior, how happy I will be if you imprinted mightily in my heart your suffering image: Humbly prostrate at the foot of your Cross, I will tell you often, O my divine savior, Have mercy on me ! 1.Jesus unknown and despised, Jesus slandered, persecuted, Jesus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 27, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Holy Week Meditations of St Francis de Sales THAT THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF THE DEVOUT SOUL IS IN THE CROSS Sunday Mar 28 “Truly this was the Son of God” We desire no other joy nor shade than that of the cross, no other drink than the blood which trickles down it, no...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 25, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
St. Francis de Sales’ sermon for a Religious Profession on the Feast of the Annunciation of 1621 highlights the beauty of the call of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose vocation became so clear on that day. St Francis quotes the Song of Songs,” Let Him kiss...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 16, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare – March 14 But God is rich in mercy; because of the great love with which he loved us. (Ep 2, 4) Your miseries and your infirmities should not astonish you: God has seen others, and his mercy does not reject the miserable. (To a...