by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 24, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday It is a great part of our perfection to support one another in our imperfections; for how can we exercise the love of neighbor, if not in this support? St. Fr. de Sales – to Sister Favre. Today, help me Lord to put a lot of love in little things, to smile...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 18, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
. Following God more and more seems demanding. Saint Francis gives the example of Abraham being called to sacrifice Isaac. If God wants to give to us, why does God ask so much out of us?2. Pope Benedict wrote in his encyclical Spe Salve: “Man was created for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How does practicing indifference “show ourselves as true servants of God?” “[T]he will of God was more recognized in sufferings than in the actions of virtues.” Why is this the case? Is one more noble than the other? St. Francis says that the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
4 T Sunday: It is not for us to choose our will; we must see what God wants; and if God wants me to serve him in one thing, I must not want to serve him in another. St Francis to To Mrs. Brûlart “It is not by the grandeur of our actions that we please God, but...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2019 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
“A great misery among men is that they know what is due to them and that they feel so little of what they owe to others. »St Francis de Sales Spiritual Conferences Prayer: Today Lord Jesus, I ask you to give me the discernment to go to my brothers and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2019 | LENT, St. Francis de Sales
The name of God is “savior”. “God is the God of joy” St Francis De Sales Practice: I will bring the Lord today, the source of all joy to someone.