by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 15, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What does this mean that by dying with Christ we are reborn with a new identity? This new identity is inherintly linked to the life of the Holy Spirit in us. What does this teach us about conversion not being a one-time-event but an on-going event in our lives? As...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 9, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
On Sunday we will chat about our baptismal identity. His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., released a pastoral letter on Pentecost Sunday (May 24, 2015) entitled “Being Catholic Today: Catholic Identity in an Age of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 4, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The Eucharist: Body, Blood, Soul, Divinity Live+Jesus On Sunday we will chat about the Body of Christ. The following are some quotes from our Founder St. Francis de Sales concerning the Sacrament of all sacraments, the very presence of Jesus Christ in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 1, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
This reflection calls to mind this quote from Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: “The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose...
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 18, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Saint James says about the tongue: “With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so” (James 3:9-10). With Mary as our example, how...