by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How does practicing indifference “show ourselves as true servants of God?” “[T]he will of God was more recognized in sufferings than in the actions of virtues.” Why is this the case? Is one more noble than the other? St. Francis says that the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
4 T Sunday: It is not for us to choose our will; we must see what God wants; and if God wants me to serve him in one thing, I must not want to serve him in another. St Francis to To Mrs. Brûlart “It is not by the grandeur of our actions that we please God, but...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
“A great misery among men is that they know what is due to them and that they feel so little of what they owe to others. »St Francis de Sales Spiritual Conferences Prayer: Today Lord Jesus, I ask you to give me the discernment to go to my brothers and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 4, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Let’s start by discussing the distinction between indifference and resignation (as discussed by Saint Francis). What are these two things? In our modern use of the word, indifference is often seen as a negative thing. Why in this instance of following...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
FREE ONLINE NON-CREDIT COURSE FOR LENT The Salesian Center for Faith & Culture at DeSales University is offering a free online non-credit course for spiritual enrichment. Lent 2019: A Time of Enlightenment & Reconnecting is now open. Self-registration is easy,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Resignation prefers God’s will before all things, yet it loves many other things besides the will of God. Indifference goes beyond resignation: for it loves nothing except for the love of God’s will: insomuch that nothing can stir the indifferent heart, in...