by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Topic of chat Sun: WHY SUFFERING? St Francis de Sales will help with his advice from the Treatise on the Love of God. http://visitationspirit.org/2013/01/st-francis-de-sales-and-suffering/ Car: Pope JP II wrote a beautiful letter on the christian meaning of suffering...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“When St. Monica was about to give birth to the great St. Augustine, she dedicated him by repeated acts of oblation to the Christian religion and the service of God’s glory. He testifies to this and says that “he had already tasted God’s salt...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
WHY SUFFERING? Last Sunday’s chat left us with a question which we will take up on Sunday January 27th’s chat: namely WHY SUFFERING? This is a great mystery ameliorated only by the fact that Our Lord Himself suffered, and greatly. St Francis de Sales offers...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Vocation news
An intern from the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis is discovering the monastic value of silence. Read about her insightful experiences here: On Silence: Thoughts from VIP Anna D. on one of the seven Essentials of Monastic...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
A Meditation on the Visitation When does life begin? The Church teaches that life begins from the very first moment of conception. Scripture, most particularly the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, Verses 39 to 45, supports this teaching. “Thereupon Mary set out, proceeding...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2013 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
DIVINE MERCY AND YOUR VOCATION, ACCORDING TO SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES St. Francis de Sales had profound thoughts about the Divine Mercy of God, pre-dating the revelations to St. Faustina. In fact, Divine Mercy is deeply related to His Call to you in your vocation. St....