by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 5, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
St. Francis says that we should praise God if we lose a loved one, instead of grieving. Does this conflict with what we see when Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus (John 11:35)?How can we have hope in the grieving process if the person was far from God...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
What is shame, and why is it a good thing?What does it mean to “put on the new man” if we still struggle with sin and concupiscence?Discuss this line: “it is self-love that raises a good deal of this confusion, because we are offended at not being...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 8, 2023 | Discernment with DeSales, Uncategorized
What is quietism, and what makes it a heresy? (Definition on Catholic.com) What does it deny?What is pacificism, according to St. Francis? And how is it not simply nihilism or a negative acceptance of just whatever comes our way?What is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 11, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
What does it mean to be of one heart and one mind with someone? Is this similar to when we talk about the “one heart” of Jesus and Mary (from St. John Eudes), or does it mean something even deeper for them? Why is it important for Christians to be of one...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 4, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Of his injured leg, St. Francis wrote: “at this rate I should never want it to get better; no, not even if your Mother had come and had brought you along with her.” Was this a little tongue-in-cheek joke, or do you think it was a translation issue? What do...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
VisitationSR (Guest): How can we “cling too jealously to the purity of faith,” as St. Francis describes it?How can we be better at ignoring/avoiding temptations, when they almost seem to saturate our everyday lives?St. Francis...