by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 20, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is it so often that we do not make proper use of our mortifications? How is this notion of temperance with regard to our spiritual life a safeguard against extremism and scrupulosity? Consider and discuss 1 Timothy 2:15: “Yet woman will be saved through...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 16, 2020 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DAY OF HOLY MADELEINEWe must, my very beloved Sisters, imitate Saint Magdalene in this way: First, we must convert from sin to grace, and from ourselves to God, and from self-love to divine love. She left the world to do penance, embarking on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 13, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What are the dangers of vanity and ambition in the world of business and politics? What could be included in the bad books of today? What kind of popular media that serves only to inflame our passions? How does courtesy protect against vice? What kind of flirtations...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
The Visitation Superior of Annecy speaks to us about Hope: It is part of our life, of our prayer. What do we hope for? We hope for a beautiful flowering, good weather, healing of a person, dynamism in our comunity, conversion, change … When this hope does not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Wherein lies the distinction between a general and specific renunciation? Can we have a specific renunciation without the general renunciation? What exactly does it mean to give up our own will? Why is it important to get rid of even our non-sinful imperfections? Does...