by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
Confinement in Paris seen from a monastery: “A saving break to refocus on the essential”At the Monastery of the Visitation in Paris, 14 sisters learned to live with social distancing long before the Covid-19 crisis. How do they look at containment?The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 5, 2020 | Events, Photos & videos, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Dear friends,The jubilee year is over, but the graces of the Heart of Jesus have not finished pouring out.It was one of the fruits of this year to offer you this newsletter. We continue this monthly gift with some teachings to nourish your prayer, the framework of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 2, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
From Holy Source: In this great preaching of Jesus, (M15, 1-12) the word “happy”appears nine times. It’s like a refrain that reminds us of the call of the Lord to walk with him a road which, despite all the challenges, is the way of real...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 2, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
What do you think of this description of purgatory as both a place of torment and quasi-paradise? Does it make you hopeful? Does it make you less nervous about possibly going there? How can we ensure a more regular practice of praying for the poor souls in purgatory?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 27, 2020 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
All life has its share, greater or lesser, of trials. No one is spared. If for some this arouses anger and bitterness, for others it is the occasion to become more intimately associated with the reality of the Cross and to discover the grace of forgiveness. It is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 26, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What seems to be the weaknesses of the recipient of the letter, Madame de Peyzieu? How does this give us insights into ourselves? How do we know when we are worrying too much about our own imperfections? What might this overworry indicate about us? When does worry...