by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 10, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
In all the great things we are encountering in our world lately, how can the Cross give us the necessary perspective on how to view it all? Saint Francis encourages us to embrace the cross. Is this, as some claim, masochistic? What is meant by a healthy embrace of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
This post is the third in our mini-series on St. Jane’s Letters to her Mystical Visitandine daughters. St Jane writes to an early Superior who experienced mystical favors: LXXXV.To Mother Anne Marguerite Clément, Superior at Montargis. Vive ✠ Jésus! Annecy,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2020 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
St. Jane de Chantal, as Superior and Foundress of the Visitation Nuns, had many occasions to write to her spiritual daughters. Her letters to those Sisters who were mystics or experiencing mystical favors exhibit her profound understanding of these souls. One of these...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
In the August 2020 issue of MAGNIFICAT, author Anthony Esolen writes of St. Jane de Chantal’s life and mentions one of her Visitation Sisters, Sister Claire Marie Francoise de Cusance. Who was this Visitandine, and what did St. Jane write to her? This religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why does growing in virtue entail the perseverance of many trials and tribulations? Why is patience such a key virtue in this pursuit of virtue? How can we avoid “over eagerness and agitation” with the sweetness of temper that Saint Francis mentions? Saint...