by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 8, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
In the Introduction to the book, Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal: Letters of Spiritual Direction, we read: “Jane de Chantal continued with her work of overseeing the large family of religious to whom she was the chief spiritual mother. She wrote ardent letters to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Spiritual Light from St. Jane de Chantal $ 1.00 A BRAND NEW COMPANION BOOKLET TO GOLDEN COUNSELS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES. This collection of short, practical thoughts from St. Jane de Chantal provides the reader with a unique and down-to-earth approach to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 5, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean to love God above ourselves? Wouldn’t a lack of love for ourselves be a form of not loving God? Saint Francis says that love aims at union. What exactly is union? How can we describe it? How might loving God above all be the path to loving...
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...