by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2012 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud , a French mystic (1825-1903) and Foundress of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart Born Constance Bernaud in Besancon, France on October 28, 1825 and the eldest of eight children, our sister first learned of the Sacred Heart...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 14, 2012 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
February 15th is the Feast of the Jesuit Saint Claude de la Colombiere. http://www.visitationmonastery.co.uk/lifeclaude.html A powerful bond united St Claude and the Visitation Nun St Margaret Mary in the accomplishment of a special mission: the establishment of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 4, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Conclusion: The annual retreats were times of special joy for Sr. Mary Martha. Then she could bury herself deeply in her Master’s Heart and learn its secrets, for he would allow her no other book. Revealing again His Heart He said, “Tell your Superior to come and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Ven. Mary Martha Chambon was blessed to experience the presence of the Lord Jesus with her almost continually. She sensed Our Lord Jesus say to her one time, “My heart is wide, My Heart is tender. The wound of My Heart is deep enough to contain all your needs.”In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
One cannot be devoted to the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ without acknowledging the role played by a Visitation nun of Chambery, France, Venerable Mary Martha Chambon, in the renewal of this devotion. This humble and illiterate lay Sister was mystically...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Companion to a Visionary: When the archbishop of Lyons invited the Visitation sisters into his diocese in 1615, he stipulated that they change their way of life. Instead of visiting the sick, he wanted them cloistered—out of contact with the outside world. Jane...