by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 20, 2016 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From March 20, 1622 Humility and Obedience Everything in the world has two faces, because everything has two principles. The first is God, the first cause of everything that exists. The second is the nothingness from which everything has been drawn. Now,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 19, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Solemnity of the Foster Father of Jesus, St. Joseph. The Treatise on the Love of God Book 7, Chapter 13, of St Francis de Sales, says this of the great Patron of the Church and of the Visitation Order: “One can hardly well doubt that the great S....
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 15, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
How Do We Bring About Purification? Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about the importance of uprooting sin and temptation. We continue with Part I, Chapter 8: “How to Effect This Second Purification” from...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 14, 2016 | Holy Year of Mercy, LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more. “(Jn 8:11) This Gospel passage which we just heard over the weekend is echoed in the words of St. Francis de Sales: “The woman caught in adultery was brought to our Lord ashamed, full of fear, head down;...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales, we also walk the Lenten journey. As we approach Holy Week, the Treatise can give us much to meditate on. Book 13 of this holy work is its end, but for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2016 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
This year, 2016, marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of one of the two masterpiece works of St. Francis de Sales, the Treatise on the Love of God. The book can be analyzed from many facets, scholarly, spiritual, historical and educational.It is a treasure...