by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from St. Francis De Sales Conference 20 Candidate: I am drawn to the religious life but I am not strong enough to do as I want. I’m afraid to begin this journey. St. Francis De Sales: Courage, my dear daughter, I have told you several times that religion is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from Conference 20 of St. Francis de Sales Candidate: ” I thought that to be a good nun, it was enough to desire to pray well, to have visions and revelations, to see Angels in human form, to be ravished in ecstasies, to be fond of reading good books. ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 27, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
So, according to St. Francis de Sales, what is the true motivation for entering religious life? The Saint shared his thoughts with the early Visitandines.(Conference 20) “I say, then, my dear daughters, that our only intention ought to be to unite ourselves to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
We are beginning a short series on discerning a vocation with the Visitation Order, based on St. Francis de Sales’ own conference (Conference 20) on why one should become a religious. You are welcome to join in this series with your comments on this page or in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
January 25th is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. We offer here some thoughts of St. Francis de Sales on this great Apostle, from the Treatise on the Love of God (Book VII, chap. VIII) St. Paul’s Wonderful Exhortation to an Ecstatic and Superhuman Life In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Live+Jesus From St Francis’s Treatise on the Love of God, Book 2, Chapter 16 “How Love Is Practiced in Hope” let’s consider some of his statements in the light of our lives. I trust that your hearts will be uplifted ! “By the sacred promises God’s goodness has made...