by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 18, 2021 | LENT
Second Sunday of Lent – February 28, 2021 Sunday of Abraham, this second stage of our Lent is also Transfiguration Sunday. “Here I am, Lord, I come to do your will. These words from Psalm 39, we could put them in the mouths of Abraham, but also of Isaac, Moses,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 15, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
this letter, we get less of the usual spiritual advice from St Francis, but can learn a lot by observing his disposition and attitude as he writes to the archbishop. Does anything stand out to you that gives us insight into St. Francis?Were there any key virtues that...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2021 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
with St. Francis de Sales Wednesday February 17 “Give me back the joy of being saved; may the generous spirit support me. “(Ps 50:14) He who longs will love ardently. My God Theotimas! who will give us the grace to burn with this desire, which is the desire of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
St.. Claude de la Colombiere, whose Feast is February 15, was St. Margaret Mary’s spiritual director. His sibling was also a Visitandine, like his spiritual daughter! Let’s go a few leagues from Lyon to breathe the scent of a virtue well hidden from the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 10, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St Francis emphasizes that we should not desire and ask for temptations and struggles to help us grow in holiness. Why not?2. Why is complaining about our miseries more an act of rebellion rather than impatience, as St. Francis describes?3. How can we get in the habit...