by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
In the August 2020 issue of MAGNIFICAT, author Anthony Esolen writes of St. Jane de Chantal’s life and mentions one of her Visitation Sisters, Sister Claire Marie Francoise de Cusance. Who was this Visitandine, and what did St. Jane write to her? This religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why does growing in virtue entail the perseverance of many trials and tribulations? Why is patience such a key virtue in this pursuit of virtue? How can we avoid “over eagerness and agitation” with the sweetness of temper that Saint Francis mentions? Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints, Vocation news
Translated, excerpted and adapted from: https://marthe-marie.paroisse.net/rubriques/haut/actualites/5.mini-retraite-sainte-jeanne-de-chantalv2.pdf Day 7: Faith in the Providence of God”I want to lose myself and to spoil myself completely in the bosom of your...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 16, 2020 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DAY OF HOLY MADELEINEWe must, my very beloved Sisters, imitate Saint Magdalene in this way: First, we must convert from sin to grace, and from ourselves to God, and from self-love to divine love. She left the world to do penance, embarking on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
The Visitation Superior of Annecy speaks to us about Hope: It is part of our life, of our prayer. What do we hope for? We hope for a beautiful flowering, good weather, healing of a person, dynamism in our comunity, conversion, change … When this hope does not...
by Vis Editor | Jul 8, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality
How do we as Christians approach the world today with all its anxieties and cares? When there is trouble in the streets? St. Francis de Sales sheds some light on this in two letters to laymen. Below is a letter to one man who has chosen a career “in...