by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 7, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
, 3:02 AM SrSusan (Guest): How can death save us?Was Jesus punished for our sins? How does atonement work?If Jesus saves us from sin, why do we still struggle so much with sin and brokenness?How do we escape the slavery of sin and of this world?If God could have...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
He Died Because He Was Savior This article is part of a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: For Lent, by St. Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 24, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why is it good to find joy in the success (especially spiritually speaking) of others?Why are holy relationships important, even for celibate individuals?St. Francis recalls a serene moment watching pigeons feed while smaller birds waited their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
I Doubt If a Sermon Would Have Touched Me So Deeply Hi Susan,At our Living Jesus Chat this Sunday we will be talking about the following letter of St. Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 17, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
St. Francis says in the letter: “It is impossible for us to escape from self entirely.” Does this mean everyone will be going to purgatory?Why is it important if we achieve a certain status/stature that we must remain humble?How can we learn to be content as we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 14, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
We Have to Go on Bearing Ourselves Until God Bears Us to Heaven At our Living Jesus Chat this Sunday we will be talking about the following letter of St. Francis de Sales to Marie Bourgeois Brulart, of Dijon, wife of Nicolas Brulart who became president of the...