by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2018 | LENT, Monthly Mystic, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
The Prayer of Mother Anne-Regis Filliat “O Divine Lover of the Cross, in your example may I learn to love the crucifixion of the body and the spirit! »: “Whoever is called to work actively in the Lord’s Vineyard must learn, as the Divine Master...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The love of benevolence causes in us a desire This week we are continuing with book five (“Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Given the definition of complacence, which actually means pleasing in this case, how do you define this kind of pleasing love? How does complacence, or pleasing love, become a transforming force in the soul making it like unto God? What is compassion, condolence,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2018 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality
A Visitation Superior speaks ” Have the same sentiment as Jesus Christ’ is the exhortation of the Apostles to the faithful and it seems the Church cannot repeat it to often after them, during these holy days, in which the Church presents to us our Head,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Behold the immensity of goods which are in God This week we are moving into book five (“Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2018 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness Chantal; it is the starting point of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say: “The Visitation is the fruit of the...