by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2024 | LENT, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday Feb 25 […] with the strength of God, take your share of the suffering linked to the proclamation of the Gospel.” (2 Tim 1:8) Blessed therefore are the souls who drink the chalice with Our Lord, who mortify themselves, carry the cross and suffer lovingly for his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2024 | LENT, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
From a letter of 1689 Every day of this holy season of Lent you pay Him three visits, either before His image or in front of Him, before the Most august Sacrament. The first, to ask Him that this Divine Heart may be one through which the Eternal Father continually...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 20, 2024 | LENT, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Challenge for Lent Hello, my very dear sisters, a small challenge, depending on whether I believe you are necessary to live in accordance with our holy observances and make you worthy of recently receiving the graces of the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ. You...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 17, 2024 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday Feb 18 But Jesus answered: “It is written: Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. » (Mt 4:4) God commanded Moses to speak to the rock, and water gushed out from it. It is therefore not surprising that he melted...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2024 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Wed Feb 14 Tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God, for he is tender and merciful, slow to anger and full of love, forgiving punishment. (Jl 2, 13) “But see, Theotime, with what ardor God desires that we be his. For this he became...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 10, 2023 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Monday “On the morning of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary left the tomb trembling and joyful… They ran to carry the new … Mt28:8… From a sermon by St. Francis de Sales. (Works IX 171-336) The poor Saint Magdeleine,...