by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From Saint Francis de Sales to us, the conditions in which education takes place of children and young people have evolved considerably. In families, relations between relatives and children have been profoundly transformed: from birth, the child is subject to all the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why is it so important to make a good examination of conscience and good preparation for confession? How can we avoid letting this lead to scrupulosity? Discuss this quote from the letter: “This is life, the only real life, the only life we should live for in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2022 | St. Francis de Sales
born August 21 1567
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean when St. Francis says that their “vocations differ in rank”?St. Francis says, “Our Lord is a fountain from which our prayer can draw water to cleanse us, to cool us, to make us fruitful and fill us with sweetness.” We often...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2022 | St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
and Blessed Feast of St. Jane de Chantal! “Our Blessed Father had a perfect devotion to Our Lady and a tender love, accompanied by a filial trust. He called her his Lady, his Queen, his Mistress. When he preached his praises, on the days of his feasts, which he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 11, 2022 | St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
“Once he (St. Francis de Sales) wrote to me: ‘When will we be all soggy in gentleness and suavity towards our neighbor? When will we see the souls of our neighbors in the sacred chest of the Savior? Alas! who looks at him out of there, he runs fortune to...