by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 5, 2025 | Advent
“Ah! When will we be entirely myrrh by mortification, incense by prayer, and gold by charity? When will we deal with the affairs of this century with our eyes fixed on Heaven? When will we no longer seek anything for the consolation of our hearts? When will we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
“If by Shedding Our Blood Spain Can Be Saved, Lord May it Be as Soon as Possible” ,Earlier in the week, we shared a new movie about seven nuns of the Visitation Order who were martyred during a time of intense anti-Catholic sentiment in Spain.Our email was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
January 1587: After praying the “Remember” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where the question of predestination was being debated...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 30, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Photos & videos, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
New Video Reveals Mystery of the Seven Spanish Martyrs of the Visitation One hundred years ago, anti-Catholic sentiment in Spain was high, and nearly 8,000 martyrs suffered for their faith. Among them were seven nuns of the Visitation Order from Madrid, now known as...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 29, 2024 | St. Francis de Sales
by St Francis de Sales “See how your father and I have suffered in seeking you…”Luke 2:41-52 Some advice to the abbess of the Puits d’Orbe, in May 1605(Œuvres de St François de Sales, XXVI 229) Bad sadness disturbs the mind, agitates the...