by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 15, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What would it be like to receive a letter from St. Francis de Sales, especially as you are just starting out in religious life? Some fortunate novices contemporary with St Francis actually did receive advice from his enlightened pen! And if you read these excerpts,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 15, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“For the measure in which our heart dilates itself, or rather lets itself be dilated and enlarged, and does not deny the void of its consent to the Divine Mercy, in the same measure the Divine Mercy always pour into it, sheds over it, and increasing and ever...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 4, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales reflected on the holy dispositions of Jesus while he remained on His Cross. In St. Francis’ Good Friday sermon, he pondered: ” What was Our Lord doing during those three hours? He was offering sacrifices of praise. It was particularly...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 3, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales’ sermon for the Passion continues: “O God, how spiritually beneficial and profitable is a consideration of your Cross and Passion! Can we contemplate Our Savior’s humility without becoming humble and having some affection for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Live+Jesus Let’s live this holiest of weeks with St. Francis de Sales, remembering and reflecting on his words about Our Lord’s Passion, preached on Good Friday in 1622. St. Francis de Sales began: ” I will take for my subject only the words of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales expounds on the meaning of the choice of a colt to bring our Lord into Jerusalem. The Gospel of Mark proclaims: At the Procession with Palms – Gospel Mk 11:1-10 When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem,to Bethphage and Bethany at...