by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Wherein lies the distinction between a general and specific renunciation? Can we have a specific renunciation without the general renunciation? What exactly does it mean to give up our own will? Why is it important to get rid of even our non-sinful imperfections? Does...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 1, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Independence Day July 4, 2020 approaches for the USA in a year of suffering and turmoil. Our Holy Founder St Francis de Sales often encouraged us to have liberty of spirit. A talk given by French Bishop Benoit Riviere highlights this theme: “Freedom … is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 15, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
What is the distinction between having a dislike for a person and dislike for their actions? How might our attitude toward them manifest differently in each case? Is disliking someone unavoidable, or do we just learn to love in spite of it? How exactly can we exercise...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 6, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
HIS VISION OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY. All Christians ought to be not only devout but absolutely devoted to the most Blessed Trinity. It is the most august and fundamental of all our mysteries; it is that to which we are consecrated by our entrance into the holy Church,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 5, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary was founded by St Francis de Sales and St Jane de Chantal on June 6, 1610. That makes 410 years old on June 6, 2020! How quickly the years fly! Here are some memories from the 400th anniversary, 10 years ago, when international...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 31, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
The primitive, poetical and naïve concept of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament had a particular impact and influence on the ways in which Francis de Sales pictures the Holy Spirit. He seems to have found the “unknown God” more accessible, more knowable in some ways...