by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 23, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
There is a war raging inside us between divine love and self-love. How do we allow divine love to win out in our lives? Why do you think we are so prone to self-love? How can we surrender more of our will and passions to God’s will and good pleasure? Why with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2019 | St. Francis de Sales
“At the appointed time, the torrent of original sin began to roll its fatal waves over the conception of this holy woman. But just when the torrent had reached that certain point, it did not pass beyond it but was stopped…In this way, God turned all captivity away...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 2, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What do you make of Saint Francis saying that in this life charity will never be perfected to the point that we will be without fear? Should this make us despair? Does this hinder motivation for growing in charity? Why is servile fear necessary, according to Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 4, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition? Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 28, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between a sinner who doing works while dead in sin compared to the works of someone made dead by sin?This reflection is a sobering reminder that no matter how many good works we have, we can easily render all of that empty through a single...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 25, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis emphasizes often the divide between a non-Christian attempting virtue in vain compared with the Christian who has grace. What different then is there between a Christian attempting virtue without charity and a pagan doing likewise? How can we ensure that...