by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What do you think is the difference between poverty as lived by consecrated religious and the poverty of the impoverished? What do you think is similar? For the non-consecrated, how is a Christian to find the balance between legitimately having riches and still live...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 29, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Do not let that mind which is the likeness of God cleave to mere earthly goods Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about the spirit of poverty. We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 14: “Poverty of Spirit...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 19, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In this age of the New Evangelization, how do we encounter people where they are at and follow this advice from St. Francis: “Avoid the society of persons who are wanting in purity, especially if they are bold, as indeed impure people always are”? What is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 15, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
There are things which blemish perfect purity, without being in themselves downright acts of impurity Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about maintining purity. We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 13: “How to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 12, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
VisitationSiste: Questions to Ponder: Based on the current reflection, is purity restricted to chastity, or is there more to it? It is clear, as St. Francis said, that “no unlawful passions are compatible with chastity.” However, what do you make of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 12: “Purity” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Purity is the lily among virtues–by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity is chastity. We speak of the...