by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 11, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
What does it mean to be of one heart and one mind with someone? Is this similar to when we talk about the “one heart” of Jesus and Mary (from St. John Eudes), or does it mean something even deeper for them? Why is it important for Christians to be of one...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 4, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Of his injured leg, St. Francis wrote: “at this rate I should never want it to get better; no, not even if your Mother had come and had brought you along with her.” Was this a little tongue-in-cheek joke, or do you think it was a translation issue? What do...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
VisitationSR (Guest): How can we “cling too jealously to the purity of faith,” as St. Francis describes it?How can we be better at ignoring/avoiding temptations, when they almost seem to saturate our everyday lives?St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales and education: a pedagogy attentive to the possibilities of each A fruitful life If Don Bosco chose Saint Francis de Sales as a model, it was first for a “pastoral” motive. But not only. He also had the intuition that this bishop had...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why is it so important to make a good examination of conscience and good preparation for confession? How can we avoid letting this lead to scrupulosity? Discuss this quote from the letter: “This is life, the only real life, the only life we should live for in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean when St. Francis says that their “vocations differ in rank”?St. Francis says, “Our Lord is a fountain from which our prayer can draw water to cleanse us, to cool us, to make us fruitful and fill us with sweetness.” We often...