by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 25, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Advent season begins this Sunday, and to live it well and prepare for Christmas, we present some thoughts from St. Francis de Sales on the Incarnation from his sermons. Week 1 Sunday: ” Scribes and Pharisees declared that they were awaiting the promised...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 23, 2016 | Events, Holy Year of Mercy, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
On Sunday, November 20, 2016, Mr. Daniel DiSilva came to Visitation Monastery, Brooklyn, to present the story and the documentary on the discovery, history and travels of the Original painting of the Divine Mercy picture. No fictional detective story can match the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 23, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Do Not Set About Your Work With Restlessness and Excitement Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about peace and patience. We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 10: “We Must Attend to the Business of Life Carefully, But Without...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 22, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Even though our sins offend God and can separate us from God, why is it so important to not focus so heavily on our faults? St. Francis warns against “self-love.” What would the difference be between “self-love” and a proper love of one’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 17, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What we want is a quiet, steady, firm displeasure at our own faults Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 9: “Gentleness Towards Ourselves” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint...