by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 13, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Is God pleased if one simply desires to desire Him? 2. Saint Francis speaks of the good of “spiritual avarice.” Is this truly good? 3. How can we learn to better become beggars of spirit? 4. In what ways do faith and hope inspire this desire of love? 5....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2020 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
Pray for the Church Our Lord made promises of eternal life to his Church: “Behold, I am with you until the end of the ages … You are Peter and on this stone I will build my Church, the gates of hell will not prevail against she. “(Mt 16:18) And yet...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 1, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach
January 24, 2020- Feast of St. Francis de Sales Attend Mass at any of the Visitation Monasteries and receive special grace and a plenary indulgence during our Jubilee Year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the canonization of our Sister, St. Margaret...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
TO ST JANE DE CHANTAL Letter DCCX (Complete Works of St. Francis de Sales) You will be the first, my very dear and very good mother, who will receive from my writings a letter this new year. Reason certainly wants it, that after paying homage to the heavenly Father...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 30, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow? Why are we called to rejoice in suffering as Christians? Where do we see this throughout Scripture? Does St. Francis give a fair overview of sadness in this chapter? Does he take into account mental...