by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
This year we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of a Visitation Monastery in Paris, France. The jubilee is highlighted at the Museum of the Visitation in Moulins, France with outstanding exhibits. Here we will share the story of the history of this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 19, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between virtue and divine virtue? Is Saint Francis saying there is no merit in the virtues of a pagan? Related to that, if a virtuous pagan dies without knowing Christ, will his virtue have any effect on his salvation? If virtues are not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Saint Francis makes it clear that the non-Christian is capable of good works. What does he say about how this does or does not influence one’s salvation. Is Saint Francis saying that there is good that can come from the sinner? Saint Francis seems to make it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 5, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean to love God above ourselves? Wouldn’t a lack of love for ourselves be a form of not loving God? Saint Francis says that love aims at union. What exactly is union? How can we describe it? How might loving God above all be the path to loving...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Did you know?- that St Francis de Sales, Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary might have chosen St Martha as the congregation’s patron? Among the questions to be settled in the early days of Francis and Jane’s fledgling institute was its name. Several...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis makes an interesting point here. What good is martyrdom (dying for God) if one does not live for God?2. Do you think it is possible for someone to become a martyr who was not already living a life for God? Or in Saint Francis’ words: “How can...