by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
By His gift of faith, God comes into our souls, talks to our mind. He proposes truths in darkness, in obscurity. But once this divine brightness of faith comes down upon the mind, it compels the obedience of the intellect without any show of reasoning or argument....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 27, 2018 | Events, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
This week, La Foi prise au mot (Faith at your word )invites you to discover a high figure of the 17th century: Saint Francis de Sales. What is often said is quite brief. Born in Savoy in 1567, he became bishop of Annecy, challenged the Protestants and died after...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2018 | Events, St. Francis de Sales
More than 300 Catholic journalists from 26 countries are taking part in Lourdes from January 24 to 26, 2018, at the 22nd François de Sales Days. At this time of the ‘fake news’, they are discussing the theme ‘media and truth’ to confront their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2018 | St. Francis de Sales
http://www.visi.org/cf_enotify/view.cfm?n=305&m=de&u=20741&e=28642 Great essay!
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
This week we are moving into the section from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to watch the video “Faith and Hope” to help deepen your reflection and give you a new way to embrace his timeless wisdom. (If you’d prefer to read...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We have the power to reject God’s grace, His inspiration. The ruin is our doing, but God who is all good, never forsakes unless forsaken; never takes away his gifts unless we take away our hearts from Him. Man has the power to reject, no matter how much grace is given...