by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
. Last week we learned that almost seven years after the above letter was written, St. Francis passed away. We see that he and St. Francis were very close. How can information like this help us read the advice of St. Francis with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality
January 1587: After praying the “Memorare” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales, future founder of the Order of the Visitation, is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 24, 2021 | Guard of Honor, Uncategorized
dear faithful friends, guards of honor,On the eve of the holiday season, the Sisters of the Visitation and I extend our best wishes to you. May the graces of the Nativity give everyone the peace, joy, hope and strength necessary to live 2022 … without forgetting Zeal...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 24, 2021 | Advent, Uncategorized
From Santiago:
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 13, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
How can all the sufferings of Our Lord give us tranquility? Shouldn’t they give us a sense of sorrow? St. Francis also says that we should compare our sufferings to Our Lord’s sufferings and realize they are so little. Does this simply belittle the crosses...