by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In these days when we pray especially for our dear departed, here is the advice of the Foundress of the Guard of Honor: Purity of intention A thing is pure when it is free of any mixture or of any foreign body in its own essence , that is to say, it is in perfect...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 11, 2014 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
This month we continue to share the riches of our Visitation Monastery of Rosolini Italy in the person of Sr Elena Aneli who was born in Rosolini September 29, 1920, Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in a modest family with six children, three boys and three...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2014 | Guard of Honor
Counsel of Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, founder of the Guard of Honor Vigilance on words “He who does not sin by language, says the apostle St John, is a perfect man. “Long before him, the prophet King cried,” Lord, set a watch before my...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Visitation Saints
Dear Friends, September is synonymous with back … it means new facilities and new academic challenges for many young, professional constraints for others, complicated organizations to juggle a multitude of activities … even the volunteers are no exception...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In August 1891, Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart invited the Guards of Honor to be faithful and consistent with God’s Will. Vacation time lends itself to this kind of spiritual deepening. See the tips that our founder gave to help us in our thinking: Fidelity...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
“I looked for comforters and I did not find them! “What a painful complaint of our Lord! Complaint that He wanted to meet you in enrolling in the Honor Guard. This God betrayed, seeking consolation, what a sight! Alas, this is what we offer too often in...