by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2019 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
Praise ! The universal Church unites every day with the hymns sung in her communities to the glory of her divine Bridegroom. She sings her Glory to God in the highest heaven and her followers sing: we praise you, Lord, we bless you, we give you thanks for your immense...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Did you know?- that St Francis de Sales, Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary might have chosen St Martha as the congregation’s patron? Among the questions to be settled in the early days of Francis and Jane’s fledgling institute was its name. Several...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis makes an interesting point here. What good is martyrdom (dying for God) if one does not live for God?2. Do you think it is possible for someone to become a martyr who was not already living a life for God? Or in Saint Francis’ words: “How can...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Jane de Chantal: a life for the poor at the time of the wars of religion “I have always believed that in the person of these poor I wipe the wounds of Jesus Christ,” said St. Jane de Chantal, the founder of the Order of the Visitation.Jane-Françoise...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
From her childhood, Jane de Chantal is described as “beautiful, cheerful, simple, clairvoyant, determined and deeply applied to her duties as a Christian”. “The perfect lady” first saw her faith in service to the poor and the sick. But after...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Is Saint Francis saying that loves that are lesser than the love of God are bad? Does the love of created things necessarily entail disobedience to the divine majesty? What does it mean to put the love of God first? How can we discover what is the chief love of the...