by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Your mercy is not exhausted since it is infinite. It has not stopped because there are no stopping points and that, furthermore, it would close heaven. It has not ceased because, just as a fire continues to burn as long as it has consumable material, so is your...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Sweetness and consolation are what we persistently desire, but it is the bitter taste of dryness that is profitable. St. Peter would gladly have dwelt upon Mt. Tabor, though he fled from Calvary, but was not the greater work for us done upon the latter? And did...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
(February 22, 2012: Ash Wednesday) “Rend your hearts, not your garments.” During his last Lent before his death in December 1622, Francis de Sales preached in a sermon in which he made the following observation: “Our Divine Savior (who instituted the fast) greatly...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 19, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
The St. Francis de Sales Association was founded in France in 1872. It is a spiritual family made up of lay Catholics – single, married, or widowed – who choose to live their lives grounded in the Gospel and according to Salesian teachings and virtues....
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was an innovator and sometimes his creativity was not always accepted! One of the first acts recorded after he was first raised to the Bishopric of Geneva occurred in February 1603. It was only the second month of his episcopate, and Bishop...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
We conclude this segment of “Discernment with DeSales”, reflecting that Saint Francis De Sales encourages us towards the most appropriate motivations for entering religious life, which include union with God, growth in virtue , and the strengthening of our...