by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 20, 2013 | Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Pope Francis, as Cardinal Bergoglio here, speaks about the gentleness of the Visitation Founder, St. Francis de Sales, who treated others with unconditional love. He reminds us that we are all frail and weak, but instead of hiding these limitations, we should allow...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 29, 2013 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Pope Francis will lead a worldwide hour of Eucharistic adoration on Sunday, June 2, the Vatican has announced. Cathedrals all across the world will hold an hour of Eucharistic adoration at the same time, inviting the faithful to pray for the Pope’s intentions. The...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 1, 2013 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, and as we begin the month of May, we also honor our Blessed Mother in special ways throughout the next 4 weeks. What many virtues they can teach us! St. Francis de Sales highlights the example of this most holy couple by...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
So, you are close to making your decision about your vocation, or you have just said Yes to the Lord! Or, you have just entered upon your Formation Program and are overwhelmed by the call to holiness! Strength at first fills you, but then waves of doubt begin to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 29, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Sun April 28th chat: Struggling with temptation? Let St Francis de Sales help!How does St. Francis’s suggestions expand your capacity to love God and ignore temptation? : http://visitationspirit.org/2013/04/struggling-with-temptation-let-st-francis-de-sales-help/ ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 24, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Here is an important hint for Holy Living in the Salesian Tradition: Live in The Present Moment: St. Francis de Sales offers us this helpful advice: “Leave the past to God’s mercy, the future to his Divine Providence and embrace the present willingly and...