by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
A few Golden Maxims from our Foundress’s writings: We must support inconveniences with great courage, remaining unshaken in this truth: Seek first the Kingdom of God and His justice and all things shall be added unto you. If we cast all anxious and troubled...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Yet again, we get a great glimpse into the mind and heart of St. Francis. What struck you from this letter? What if more bishops had this desire to lead their flocks at all cost? How would that change things for the Church? How can we all...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
August 3, 1903 : Death of Sister Marie du Sacré-Cœur Bernaud (Religious of the Visitation and founder of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart) at the Monastery of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse. She promises the Honor Guards that from up there she will...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
“You have come to make your offerings under the protection of the glorious mother of the Mother of God, who, like a mother pearl, comes in the middle of the sea of this world without receiving any drop of salty water, I mean, without being in any way watered...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Discuss this line from St. Francis: “God allows many difficulties to beset those who want to serve him, but he never lets them sink beneath the burden as long as they trust in him.” Why do you think St. Francis uses the analogy of a bee hive to describe...