by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Saints
Any Visitandine will tell you that the name “Mother Ponnet” is synonymous with the “Commentary on the Spiritual Directory”, our guide to the interior life. But this profound commentary was only possible because of Mother Ponnet’s own...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 27, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales
Our chat on Sunday touched upon the Spiritual Directory of St. Francis de Sales, especially focusing on the Commentary by Mother Marie Madeleine Ponnet. Unfortunately we cannot find the Commentary on line anywhere though copies are available in monasteries and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Open Forum led to a Long Discussion on Religious Life! Sister Susan Marie: One thing I can pose is candidates who explore several Visitation communities or those of another order. Why or how do they differ? Aug 25 2013, 7:26 PM L: That’s a good question! They...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Popular lyrics and contemporary Christian song notwithstanding (Hillsong United,From The Inside Out) – it was St Francis de Sales(1567-1622) who encouraged conversion from the interior to the exterior. As he wrote in the Introduction to the Devout Life: “As for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2023 | Sacred Heart
January 1587: After praying the “Remember” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, St. Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where the question of predestination was debated among...