by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 30, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“I entreat you to let our chief care be to purify our souls, in order to make them capable of receiving the fruits of this holy nativity. Empty your hearts of every other desire but that of receiving in them this Divine Infant, Who, when He finds them thus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 29, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
” We must offer Him pure souls, clean, to this Divine Child, who is born to us, the Author of all purity and holiness. This is the most agreeable present we could make Him, a clean, contrite and humbled heart; He wishes only for our heart. Is it not more than...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 28, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“As much as we shall humble ourselves by true humility of heart, so much will the Almighty humble Himself in us to fill our hearts with the abundance of His Holy Spirit, Who will prepare us to receive the Lord in His holy birth.” St. Jane , Exhortation 4,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2022 | Discernment with DeSales
It is said that gratitude is the key to happiness. Why do you think this might be?How can the impulse to be grateful be a proof for God’s existence? In other words, how can we be grateful for the gift of life if it was not actually gifted?What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“Let us endeavor to do our actions with the purity of intention which our Lord had when He became incarnate and made Himself mortal and capable of suffering. He had no other motive than the glory of His Eternal Father and our salvation; these then, are the only...