by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 25, 2019 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Another deep one! Let’s discuss the distinction that Saint Francis makes between a temptation and giving into the temptation. Why do we guilt ourselves regarding temptation as if it is a sin? How can we learn to not feel guilt for temptation itself? Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 24, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday It is a great part of our perfection to support one another in our imperfections; for how can we exercise the love of neighbor, if not in this support? St. Fr. de Sales – to Sister Favre. Today, help me Lord to put a lot of love in little things, to smile...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 21, 2019 | Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Artist Anne Goetze who has been exhibiting her phenomenal artwork about the Order of the Visitation since 2015, has won the “Beacon of Light” award! Read about it here:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 18, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
. Following God more and more seems demanding. Saint Francis gives the example of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac. If God wants to give to us, why does God ask so much out of us?2. Pope Benedict wrote in his encyclical Spe Salve: “Man was created for...
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...