by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 27, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Everyone desires fulfillment; at the most basic level of existence this is an expression of desire to love God. This desire may not be articulated in explicitly religious language, but fulfillment ultimately can be found only in love of God. St. Francis de Sales...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales has been called a Christian existentialist because of his emphasis on the present. His advice is: ” Live one day at a time, leaving the rest in God’s care..go along with confidence in Divine Providence, worrying only about the present...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2011 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Under the title, Monastics find a New Desert, the Visitation Sisters’ community in Minneapolis is featured in the 2012 issue of Vision magazine. Read it here: http://www.digitalvocationguide.org/vision/2012#pg40
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Salesian perspective on prayer is attention to the presence of God. St. Francis writes, “Wherever we are, we find God present, but we do not think of it. So we must challenge our soul to an attentive consideration of His presence.” St. Francis counsels...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 10, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
The July Issue of the ICSS (International Commission for Salesian Studies) Newsletter is available here: http://www4.desales.edu/~salesian/resources/newsletters/english/News27.pdf