by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 15, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis uses the analogy of heat and light to describe inspiration, describing the winter as those times that we are not receiving inspirations as readily. These types of analogies tend to make it seem as if these times are negative. Is that the case? Why does...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 12, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How our souls can become spouses of his well-beloved Son This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 10. “How We Are To Conform Ourselves To God’s Will Signified Unto Us By Inspirations, And...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2018 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Dominique Menvielle will paint the portrait, this Monday, October 8, at the diocesan house of Rennes. Sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and daughter of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, Léonie Martin could be the next Norman saint. Her beatification process has been...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis says that, “You have no obligation to make any vow at all, yet make some….” What kind of vows should we be expected to take? What should we aim for here? Going out of your way to help strangers, like Abraham did, is virtuous. However,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Everyone should love the perfection of the evangelical counsels This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 9, “A Continuation Of The Preceding Discourse. How Every One, While Bound To Love, Is Not...