by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 15, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Beware: Meditation can be used for both good and evil This week we are continuing with book six (“Of The Exercises Of Holy Love In Prayer.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to watch the video “Affective Love...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Complacence in God leads towards benevolence towards God. What makes the transition? Wherein lies the difficulty as regards a benevolent love toward God? How can we express it? Do you find your joy in the Lord? It requires concentration on the Lord. – i.e., the...
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...