by Sister Susan Marie | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Because May 31st is Trinity Sunday in 2015, the Feast of the Visitation will be celebrated in most areas on May 30th. Reflect on St. Francis de Sales’ insights on this mystery: St. Francis de Sales chose to found his Order under the patronage of the Blessed...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 28, 2015 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
Let this beautiful month of June dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus be for all the guards of honor, and all their relatives, a source of joy, love and peace! Selfishness … or charity! “Behold this Heart which has so loved men, that it has spared nothing,...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2015 | Discernment with DeSales
Jesus: Unchanging and Always New Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about newness and uniqueness. In the preface to his Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales wrote: Glycera, a bouquet maker, was so skillful at changing flowers...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 26, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
St. Jane de Chantal, Foundress of the Visitation Order, spoke about the virtue of Modesty in her “Answers”, p 182 “My dear Sisters, the way to practice this well is to keep ourselves always in the presence of God. Modesty is the ornament of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 25, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The powerful occasion of Pentecost was amazing, but we see in the Visitation that Elizabeth already experienced her own kind of Pentecost. How can Pentecost and the Visitation serve us a reminder that God wants to work in the life of every individual and in the whole...