by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Joys and sorrows of our holy Founder The work of reforming the priory of Talloires weighed heavily on his arms for a long time. He would have liked to install the Feuillants (reformed Cistercians) there, but the Abbot of Savigny, on whom the priory depended, opposed...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Treatise on the Love of God Our holy Founder is constantly interrupted in the writing of his work, which puts our holy Mother in difficulty, she said to him (Correspondence I Letter n°21): “I am greatly mortified when I know that you are being diverted to write in the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Some memories of the Sisters during these childhood years of our Institute. The community had welcomed a very simple young person, Claude Fardel, out of charity. At the time, an old building was being demolished and she had been tasked with collecting tiles. As the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 22, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
An extract from the preface to volume XXV of the Works of our holy Founder will serve as an introduction: “The love of God is the distinctive character of Saint Francis de Sales; but there also lies the originality of his works (…). From its birth, the Visitation...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Understand the Grace of True Devotion so You Can Rise Up to God ,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be going back to the basics. We will reflect upon the opening to the Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis’s most influential work.To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 16, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis points out that God has no need of us (as if God lacks something), instead He created us to share in His goodness. However, after the resurrection, Jesus tells his disciples to spread the gospel, almost as if God is allowing...