by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Is Saint Francis saying that loves that are lesser than the love of God are bad? Does the love of created things necessarily entail disobedience to the divine majesty? What does it mean to put the love of God first? How can we discover what is the chief love of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 8, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Let’s consider this Gospel story about the man whom Jesus called, who wanted to first go and bury his father. Is Jesus saying that we shouldn’t bother burying our loved ones? 2. Saint Francis uses this story to explain the type of love that we should offer...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2019 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
The Visitation Order was instrumental, through its St. Margaret Mary, in establishing this Feast. But long before her entrance into the monastery of Paray le Monial, our Holy Founders were already inspired to realize the essential call of the Visitation to the Sacred...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 20, 2019 | Events, Museum of the Visitation, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
on Sunday June 23, 2019, from 1030AM until 5PM, to celebrate its 400th anniversary! Through the corridors of the building, posters and maps retrace the history of the Order and its nuns. Also on display are engraved plaques of the Sacred Heart, pewter pots made by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 3, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We have spent a lot of time talking about divesting ourselves of affections and so on, and here Saint Francis encourages to have them. How do we strike the balance here? How do we desire not to have them and yet at the same time try to have them? This reflection...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis talks about keeping our eyes fixed on God while suffering affliction. How do we discern when to simply accept the affliction out of filial love for our Father or when to seek help? In other words, how do we discern if God’s will is to simply accept...