by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 15, 2017 | LENT
We continue with thoughts of Mother Philomene du Gasset for Lent. She suggests there is a third kind of fasting beyond the normal fast and abstinence. “This penance is self-reformation. It consists in quitting self, combating our defects and laboring to acquire...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
We began our reflection on Ash Wednesday with the thoughts of Mother Marie-Philomene du Gasset and this week we continue with her second talk. THE SPIRIT OF PENANCE AND HUMILITY The Church, at the beginning of this holy season, points out the dispositions we should...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
This Lent we are sharing a treasure for meditation- rare conferences not easily found in English, by a Visitandine Superior, Mother Marie-Philomène Maujoüan du Gasset, of Nantes France, (1818-1896) whom we wrote about as a mystic in a previous post....
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2017 | LENT
Lent 2017 Pope Francis is dedicating this Lenten season to the poor. “He became poor so, that by His poverty you might become rich.” With this in mind let us gather the fragments so that nothing is wasted. Together we will uncover this in a new way. To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2016 | LENT, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
Our Lord Jesus Christ taught complete abandonment to the Father when He was on the Cross. This Holy Week we will once again hear His cry “My God, My God, why Have You abandoned Me?” Visitandine Mother Ponnet sheds light on this act of abandonment for our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 20, 2016 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From March 20, 1622 Humility and Obedience Everything in the world has two faces, because everything has two principles. The first is God, the first cause of everything that exists. The second is the nothingness from which everything has been drawn. Now,...