by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 21, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, known for his spiritual direction to women, also advised lay men in their many responsibilities and spiritual concerns. He particularly recommended the Introduction to the Devout Life and the reception of the Holy Eucharist to this correspondent...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 20, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
V+J St Francis de Sales was a paragon of availability and advice to lay men and women, whether single, married, widowed or discerning the religious life. Long before Vatican 11 reminded the Church that all people are called to holiness, St. Francis de Sales was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 19, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Simple or Solemn Professions and the vowed commitment to the evangelical counsels is a consecration of a religious person’s whole being to God and a momentous and deeply sacred event. Those professing vows will be receiving many notes of support from the community,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 18, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
ATTENTION: ALL THOSE PREPARING TO ENTER RELIGIOUS LIFE! Amidst your joy of preparation, are you struggling, perhaps with family, friends, or the renunciation of lifelong treasures or books? Do your own emotions get the better of you in the process? What if a Doctor of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 15, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What would it be like to receive a letter from St. Francis de Sales, especially as you are just starting out in religious life? Some fortunate novices contemporary with St Francis actually did receive advice from his enlightened pen! And if you read these excerpts,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 15, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“For the measure in which our heart dilates itself, or rather lets itself be dilated and enlarged, and does not deny the void of its consent to the Divine Mercy, in the same measure the Divine Mercy always pour into it, sheds over it, and increasing and ever...