by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Your mercy is not exhausted since it is infinite. It has not stopped because there are no stopping points and that, furthermore, it would close heaven. It has not ceased because, just as a fire continues to burn as long as it has consumable material, so is your...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Sweetness and consolation are what we persistently desire, but it is the bitter taste of dryness that is profitable. St. Peter would gladly have dwelt upon Mt. Tabor, though he fled from Calvary, but was not the greater work for us done upon the latter? And did...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
These weeks of Lent are a time for us to get ready for the Passion of Our Savior Jesus Christ, but how can we best prepare for such a momentous commemoration? St. Jane de Chantal advises us: We are going to commemorate the Passion of our Savior: let us strive to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal exhorted her Visitandine Sisters to grow toward perfect holiness by the means given them in their Congregation. She said, “ I can bring nothing before your eyes, in this holy time of Lent, my dear Sisters, nothing I say, more pressing than the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal: It is chiefly in this time of Lent that we are to apply ourselves to prayer, and we are to breathe recollectedness and mortification, even in our recreations. Let us advance in true virtue following our Lord in the desert, and praying, as he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 23, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal, the Foundress of the Visitation Order, guided her Sisters through various “Chapters” or community meetings, held throughout the year. We will be sharing her encouraging Lenten thoughts for the next few weeks. St. Jane de Chantal: “ I have but two...