by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales had a deep devotion to St. Joseph. The scholar, Father Joseph Chorpenning, OSFS, has written about this in a chapter entitled, “St. Joseph in the Spirituality of Teresa of Avila and of Francis de Sales:Convergences and Divergences, published...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The love of benevolence causes in us a desire This week we are continuing with book five (“Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Given the definition of complacence, which actually means pleasing in this case, how do you define this kind of pleasing love? How does complacence, or pleasing love, become a transforming force in the soul making it like unto God? What is compassion, condolence,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Behold the immensity of goods which are in God This week we are moving into book five (“Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
1What makes possible the decay and ruin of charity? 2. Why does venial sin not destroy charity? What is the harm done by venial sin?3. 3. How does mortal sin destroy charity? How does it destroy charity immediately and not bit by bit? 4. If through venial sin the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 22, 2018 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
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