by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Sunday’s chat focused on: : How have you experienced the Mercy of God?When did you discover the devotion to Divine Mercy? Sister: I discovered Divine Mercy in 1987 the year before I entered the Monastery But I don’t remember how now How did He catch you?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2013 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
DIVINE MERCY AND YOUR VOCATION, ACCORDING TO SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES St. Francis de Sales had profound thoughts about the Divine Mercy of God, pre-dating the revelations to St. Faustina. In fact, Divine Mercy is deeply related to His Call to you in your vocation. St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 1, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
My dearest daughter, I had to write the first letter of this year to Our Lord and Our Lady, and here is the second in which, O my daughter, I will wish you a good year and that we dedicate our heart to divine goodness. May we we live this year, and use it as the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 29, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Francis de Sales’ teaching on faith can be summarized by his eight Rules of Faith as expressed in his work, The Catholic Controversy. He claimed that they are certain and infallible tests of faith: Scripture Tradition The Church Councils The Fathers The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 27, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“We are keeping the Octave of the Feast of the Holy Innocents, on which day holy Church makes us read the Gospel which describes how the Angel of the Lord told the glorious St. Joseph in a dream,that is to say when sleeping, that he must take the Child and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Francis de Sales believed in miracles. And he attested that miracles are a “rule of faith”. He supported this viewpoint with strong examples. HOW IMPORTANT MIRACLES ARE FOR CONFIRMING OUR FAITH.( The Catholic Controversy, Article VII, Chapter 1)...