by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We are often ourselves the cause of our own dryness and barrenness Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 14, “Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness,” from An Introduction to the Devout Life....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
LETTER XXVI. To A SISTER OF THE VISITATION. On the Feast of the Assumption. AH! how lovely is this dawning of the eternal day, which, rising towards heaven, goes on, methinks, ever increasing in the benedictions of its incomparable glory ! May the odors of eternal...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 14, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
: Psalm 18:2-3 leads us to pray: “I love you, LORD, my strength, LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold!” What does the contrast of the changing nature of the world compared to God’s eternal and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 8, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Through all change we must abide in God’s presence Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 12, “Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and How to Receive Them,” from An Introduction to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Based on what Saint Francis says about sorrow and the good/bad aspects of it, what do you think (if anything) it tells us about the emphasis on Mary being the “Mother of Sorrows” and having a “Sorrowful Heart”? There is a common misconception that if someone is a...