by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 29, 2021 | St. Francis de Sales
Do you not think that what particularly incited our glorious Mistress [the Blessed Virgin Mary] to make this visitation was her very ardent charity and a very deep humility which made her cross the mountains of Judea with such speed and promptness? O certainly, it was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 18, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
The participation of St. Françis de Sales in the promotion of the cult of Saint Joseph highlights the emotional relationship between Jesus and his earthly father On March 17, 1611, St. Françis de Sales evokes this “great Saint, who so often pampered our Savior...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The great Doctor of the Church and bishop of Geneva, St. Francis de Sales, was not only a faithful devotee of the Guardian of the Redeemer but his avid proponent as well. St. Francis de Sales made St. Joseph the special Patron of the religious order he founded, the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2021 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
April 2, 1787: The Superior of the Visitation of Annecy makes known to the whole Order the 5 visions of a Sister and from whom Jesus asked for a renewal of devotion to her Sacred Heart and the propagation of his worship. This is what triggered the creation and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 27, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Holy Week Meditations of St Francis de Sales THAT THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF THE DEVOUT SOUL IS IN THE CROSS Sunday Mar 28 “Truly this was the Son of God” We desire no other joy nor shade than that of the cross, no other drink than the blood which trickles down it, no...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 25, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
St. Francis de Sales’ sermon for a Religious Profession on the Feast of the Annunciation of 1621 highlights the beauty of the call of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose vocation became so clear on that day. St Francis quotes the Song of Songs,” Let Him kiss...