by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Enjoy these Salesian highlights of last night’s chat! Visitation Sister: The daily life itself of the Visitation is similar to other monastic orders to a large degree but it’s the interior way of living the life that has the special characteristics Mar 11...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was a spellbinding preacher and his sermons are timeless. We will be journeying through the remaining weeks of Lent with him, touching upon all the familiar aspects of this season but with his special style. Fasting is fundamental. St Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2012 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud , a French mystic (1825-1903) and Foundress of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart Born Constance Bernaud in Besancon, France on October 28, 1825 and the eldest of eight children, our sister first learned of the Sacred Heart...
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 2, 2012 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
From the History of the Guard of Honor – Part 3 It is said that there are providential harmonies between the works of God and the places in which they are born. The Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was a result of a spiritual inspiration of a...