by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 1, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis now tells us that contempt for the counsels is a grave sin. Let’s talk about the fine line of distinction between what he has been saying about it being not a sin to not follow the counsels, but today we read that it is a sin to show contempt. What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 29, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Earth of Our Heart Is Commanded to Bring Forth the Plants of Virtue This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 8, “That The Contempt Of The Evangelical Counsels Is A Great Sin.” You can also...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 28, 2018 | Events, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Since 2013 we have followed the progress of the making of the film Cor Jesus Mecum Est, about Mother Carmela Aprile, and remotely about our Visitation Sisters in Rosolini, Italy. Tonight, the film premieres! The film will be screened in national premiere in Rosolini,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 20, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Name of Honor Amongst Christians Shall Be No Other Than God’s Will in Them This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 7, “That The Love Of God’s Will Signified In The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 19, 2018 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Every person needs a “center” in his own life, a source of truth and goodness to draw from in different situations and everyday fatigue. Each of us, when he stops in silence, needs to feel not only the beating of his heart, but, more deeply, the beatings...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the difference between commands and counsels? Why doesn’t God simply make everything a command? What significance is there in having counsels? In our modern age Christianity is often caricatured as some type of fire insurance religion where mere belief...