by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 3, 2020 | St. Francis de Sales
October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. Here is how St Francis de Sales taught us to pray it. “You will take your rosary by the cross, which you will kiss after signing yourselves, and you will place yourself in the presence of God, saying the entire Creed.On the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 1, 2020 | St. Francis de Sales
September 1 – World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. From early childhood itself, Francis cultivated a lively sense of God’s creation, and the beauty and goodness it manifested. “He was a keen observer of nature, His writings express his wonderment. Francis’...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 29, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of the Passion, or Beheading of St John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus. St Francis de Sales remarks about this Saint: I have often thought what was the greatest mortification of all the Saints in whose lives I have come across, and after several...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2020 | St. Francis de Sales
August 22 is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. O Mary, Sovereign of this universe! you who are our joy, our support and our defense, take an interest in me with the Lord, obtain for me the grace to make me worthy to enjoy one day this bliss which you now enjoy in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2020 | St. Francis de Sales
LETTER XXVI.To A SISTER OF THE VISITATION.On the Feast of the Assumption. AH! how lovely is this dawning of the eternal day, which, rising towards heaven, goes on, methinks, ever increasing in the benedictions of its incomparable glory ! May the odors of eternal...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why does growing in virtue entail the perseverance of many trials and tribulations? Why is patience such a key virtue in this pursuit of virtue? How can we avoid “over eagerness and agitation” with the sweetness of temper that Saint Francis mentions? Saint...