by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
How can we tame our fears and walk with confident faith in God? If we want to move beyond servile and mercenary fears for a higher form of love, should we always forget about those lesser fears, or ignore them? There is a saying from Nelson Mandela: “I learned...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
All Visitandines renew their vows on the Feast of the Presentation, November 21. During this special Jubilee Year as we celebrate the centenary of the canonization of St. Margaret Mary, we can reflect on how St. Margaret Mary viewed the evangelical counsels of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 11, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Do you find St Francis analogy of going on a trip to Paris via Lyons helpful in understanding this reflection? Why or why not? Does his description above about the person whose “whole will in this action comes to terminate and be absorbed in the love of God,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 23, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
As beautiful as this reflection is, how does it make a difference in someone’s pursuit of holiness? Is all of this just an abstract theological explanation of what happens in someone’s growth in virtue? How can we begin growing in virtue in light of this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 14, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Uncategorized
Lift High the Cross This week’s reflection is written byMr. Joseph McDaniel, OSFS Just over a week from now, on September the 14th, the Church will celebrate a most peculiar feast: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. If the title of this feast doesn’t take each of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2019 | Events, Uncategorized, Visitation News
On July 1 and 2, 2019 Visitandines from across the country met for a summer meeting. At Mass In Antechamber In Assembly Room