by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 4, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How can we become more attuned to Christ’s omnipresence, especially since he is “waiting for us everywhere”?If the Eucharist can give us eternal life, why then are there people who still fall away from the Lord?St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2022 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
On July 2, 1688, two years before her death, the saint Margaret Mary saw Christ seated in flames that represented the burning fire of his love. On the right, Blessed Mother has her face turned towards Margaret Mary. Our Lady entrusts her with this message: the Sisters...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 1, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
As summer arrives, we wish to live a few weeks at a more relaxed pace. We sometimes stop at the side of the road to contemplate for a few moments a landscape bathed in light. In thus admiring creation, we enter, consciously or not, in the very movement of God. On the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
In this summer weather, we can admire nature but also sometimes feel overwhelmed by the vagaries of the weather. We then take the full measure of our smallness and our place in creation. This should be the case for our position vis-à-vis God. There are so many graces...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 29, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
July 2, 1688: (at the time, the day set for the feast of the Visitation) Saint Marguerite-Marie (nun of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial) contemplates in a vision the Heart of Jesus, surrounded by the Virgin Mary, Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Claude de la...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 28, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis wrote abundantly on the Holy Eucharist. Here is a sample of his thoughts, for your reflection “The Holy Eucharist is the perfect Communion of Saints, for it is the food common to angels, and sainted souls in Paradise, and ourselves; it is the...