by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 6, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
We Are Not Separated from Him This week we read a letter to the Baronne de Chantal, written from Annecy on 21 July 1605.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at the end.Click for Living Jesus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Reflections:How are thoughts not sins, if they are our thoughts?When do our thoughts become sins?Where do our thoughts come from, especially the ones we don’t want?How can we use this battlefield of the mind as an opportunity to grow closer to God and in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis is one of the great spiritual masters in the Church’s history and a Doctor of the Church. Francis was born two months premature to the noble Sales family in Thorens, France, on August 21, 1567, the firstborn of twelve children. As a young man, he studied...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2023 | Visitation History
Memento of the month July 2, 1688: (at that time, day of the Feast of the Visitation) Saint Marguerite-Marie, religious of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, contemplates in a vision the Heart of Jesus, surrounded by the Virgin Mary, Saint Francis de Sales and Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 29, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales
Renounce All Thoughts That Are Not for God This week we read a letter to Soeur Humbert of the Visitation at Moulins, written from Annecy on 22 July 1616.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at...