by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 6, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
We Are Not Separated from Him This week we read a letter to the Baronne de Chantal, written from Annecy on 21 July 1605.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at the end.Click for Living Jesus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis is one of the great spiritual masters in the Church’s history and a Doctor of the Church. Francis was born two months premature to the noble Sales family in Thorens, France, on August 21, 1567, the firstborn of twelve children. As a young man, he studied...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 7, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
By Diocese of Annecy, from St Francis de Sales’ writings: Most good Father, I thank you for having given me life out of pure love, with no other will than to offer me the infinite happiness of freely participating in your eternal glory. That I may attain this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 4, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Salesian Sunday Reflection The Most Holy Trinity June 4, 2023 Today we celebrate the Trinity, the three Persons in One God. St. Francis de Sales notes: The love of the Three Persons in the Trinity overflows into creation and especially the human family. Humanity...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 28, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
Pentecost and St Francis de Sales The Holy Spirit is always ready to give us spiritual gifts, and especially on this day. St. Francis de Sales assists us in asking for these gifts: “May it please the Divine Majesty to grant us the gift of fear that we may serve Him...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 22, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
“I pray for those whom you have given me, for they are yours”John 17,1-11 Sermon of St. Francis de Sales of February 27, 1622.Works X 266-268 The great Apostle St. John assures that anyone who says that he loves God and does not love his neighbor, is a...