by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Jane de Chantal was a woman of Faith who experienced temptations against the faith! St. Vincent de Paul said of Jane Frances: “She was full of faith, yet all her life had been tormented by thoughts against it. While apparently enjoying the peace and easiness of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (JANUARY 6, 2013) Salesian Perspective Have you ever thought what could possibly have possessed these very wise men to leave their homes and undertake a long, hard desert journey? What was so special about this new “King of the Jews”? Everyone...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 1, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
My dearest daughter, I had to write the first letter of this year to Our Lord and Our Lady, and here is the second in which, O my daughter, I will wish you a good year and that we dedicate our heart to divine goodness. May we we live this year, and use it as the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 29, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Francis de Sales’ teaching on faith can be summarized by his eight Rules of Faith as expressed in his work, The Catholic Controversy. He claimed that they are certain and infallible tests of faith: Scripture Tradition The Church Councils The Fathers The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 27, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“We are keeping the Octave of the Feast of the Holy Innocents, on which day holy Church makes us read the Gospel which describes how the Angel of the Lord told the glorious St. Joseph in a dream,that is to say when sleeping, that he must take the Child and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 19, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
The Visitation Sisters who moderate chat will be in retreat this weekend so chat returns Dec 30th. If you would like to join us in your home with your own silent retreat, may St. Jane’s exhortation be a source of meditation for you.