by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Jan 25, 4:24 AM SrSusan (Guest): Reflections:We can all admit that temptations will always be with us throughout our lives. Do we grow stronger in virtue as time goes by in resisting the temptations of our youth? Are there any advantages in growing...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
God is Glorified When We Resist Temptation This article is taken from a chapter in Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 19, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
an 16, 6:28 AM SrSusan (Guest): What is prayer that makes it necessary for our lives? How can St. Francis say we can do no good without it?In talking about simple thoughts, St. Francis makes it sound like every part of our lives/days need...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Without Prayer We Could Not Come to Any Good This article is taken from a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer by Saint Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 12, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How do we balance between desiring something but not inordinately?Religious life is a “higher” calling than marriage simply because it reflects how we will be in heaven. Then why would it be wrong for a married person to hope for and long for religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Look Towards the Place Which We Would Like to Reach, But Always Look Straight Ahead At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Cluses, 6 August 1606, taken from Selected...