by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 13, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why is our contrition and confession pleasing to God? Why is it pleasing to ourselves? Since Jesus died for our sins, why do we need to take the effort to uproot sin from our lives? Can’t we just rely on His mercy alone? Why/how is regular confession spiritually...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 8, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Tell Everything Simply Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part I, Chapter 19: “How to Make a General Confession” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis leads us in meditations to help us root more...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 8, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Every Congregation has a particular spirit and charism. The Order of the Visitation may be characterized by humility. Chapter 2 of the Abridgement of the Interior Spirit of a Visitandine has this to say: St. Francis se Sales proposes the humility of Jesus Christ to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 6, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sun chat: June 5 730PM: On Sunday we will chat about the importance of how we choose the devout life. We continue our series with Part I, Chapter 18: “Tenth Meditation – On How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life” from An Introduction to the Devout Life Jun 5 2016, 7:17...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 4, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
You Have Hovered Between the Two – Choose! Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about the importance of how we choose the devout life. We continue our series with Part I, Chapter 18: “Tenth Meditation – On How the Soul...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 30, 2016 | Holy Year of Mercy, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
May 31st is the Feast of the Visitation and the patronal Feast of the Visitation Order. How appropriate to offer a reflection by an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales on this Mystery. Fr Joseph F Chorpenning OSFS states about his article: I propose to continue this line...