by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Is it wrong or misguided for us to pursue perfection?What does it mean that we are more troublesome to ourselves than anyone else? Does this contradict what Jesus said about how we always notice the speck in our neighbor’s eye but not the beam in our own...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
on St Francis de Sales Well, when we see our neighbor created in the image and likeness of God, is it that we shouldn’t say to each other, “Here, look at this one, see like his Maker?” Shouldn’t we rush to caress him, and cry over him with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 22, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
from Annecy “God is the God of joy” “Sow joy in your brother’s field, it will bloom in yours” (St Francis de Sales.) I was touched by this morning’s liturgy with the Virgin Mary, where all the texts speak of joy (LDH page 1495 -1510) • We...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
In light of this letter, discuss 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 17, 2022 | Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation News
Dear friends, We are entering the season of Lent and we can encourage ourselves with the Lenten antiphon “With our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, let us enter into the battle of God! » The fight of God is what the sisters of the monasteries of the Visitation in Colombia...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 14, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean that God counts the hairs of our heads? Is this merely an expression of God’s omniscience? Mother Teresa expressed that she went through an almost 50-year period of not feeling God’s presence (or lack of spiritual...