by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 4, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
January 1587: After having prayed the Memorare in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris where the question of predestination was debated among...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 4, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
With all the uncertainty and vicissitudes that have come with 2020, how can we lean on the unchanging presence and promises of God our Heavenly Father?2. How can keeping our eyes fixed on eternity help us amidst all the fear mongering that has come with this past...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2021 | St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales , preaching in Paris on the day of Epiphany, took as the subject of his speech the majesty of the nascent Church. He called this festival one day of vocation, of offering, of light and love; he wanted each day of communion to be a day of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2021 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St Basil and St Gregory. St Francis de Sales speaks of St Gregory in his Introduction to the Devout Life: ” St. Gregory Nazianzen tells his flock, how, walking along the seashore, he watched the waves as they washed up shells and sea weeds,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 21, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The recipient of this letter, a laywoman, seems to have undergone a conversion of some kind (a “new beginning”). Notice how St. Francis stops short of commanding her to cut out the use of musk and scent – he said he “restrained the...
by Vis Editor | Dec 7, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales
The word halcyon means calm or peaceful. What can this bird with its mythical ways teach us about being calm and peaceful? In St. Mark’s account of when Jesus calmed the storm, he mentions that Jesus said to the sea, “Peace! Be still” (Mark 4:39)....