by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 12, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
VisitationSiste: Questions to Ponder: Based on the current reflection, is purity restricted to chastity, or is there more to it? It is clear, as St. Francis said, that “no unlawful passions are compatible with chastity.” However, what do you make of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 10, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We continue our Advent series with thoughts by St. Francis de Sales on the Incarnation, from his sermons. Sunday What is the Incarnation? It is what we call the hypostatic union, the union of the human nature with the divine, a union so close that although there are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2016 | Events, Visitation News
Every year our Visitandine communities send Christmas greetings to one another. Our first card has arrived, from Mexico!
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 12: “Purity” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Purity is the lily among virtues–by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity is chastity. We speak of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 5, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Living Jesus Chat Dec 1 2016, 8:26 AM VisitationSiste: With all the political events of the last year and a half, how can these words of Saint Francis help us embrace our political climate? “Therefore do you obey their commands as of right, but if you would be...