by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2024 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal, the starting point of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say: “The Visitation is the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 17, 2024 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday Feb 18 But Jesus answered: “It is written: Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. » (Mt 4:4) God commanded Moses to speak to the rock, and water gushed out from it. It is therefore not surprising that he melted...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2024 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Wed Feb 14 Tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God, for he is tender and merciful, slow to anger and full of love, forgiving punishment. (Jl 2, 13) “But see, Theotime, with what ardor God desires that we be his. For this he became...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 18, 2024 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
XI LIVE JESUS! TO A NOVICE SISTER MARIE-CHRISTINE BOUTHIER It is true, my dear Sister, that the affection I have for you often makes me wish that you are a good nun, which you will do easily if you work hard and courageously to the true mortification of your senses,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2023 | Advent, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
a poem by St Margaret Mary Alacoque translated by website 1 Behold, I am waking up, To offer in turn To this love doll My heart and my earTo hear it and love it And always set me on fire .2 But I hear him crying , Because of the coldness That he finds in our hearts....
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 1, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint Francis de Sales in the church of his baptism in Thorens. December 13, 1641: Saint Jeanne de Chantal is born in Heaven at the Monastery of the Visitation in Moulins, at the age of 69. December 17, 1887: Birth of the...