by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 2, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What do you make of Saint Francis saying that in this life charity will never be perfected to the point that we will be without fear? Should this make us despair? Does this hinder motivation for growing in charity? Why is servile fear necessary, according to Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 4, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What kind of world would we live in if public figures and political leaders took a other-first approach, instead of seeking fame and recognition? Hundreds of years before Christ, Plato envisioned what he called a “philosopher king,” a leader who cared more...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 28, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the distinction between a sinner who doing works while dead in sin compared to the works of someone made dead by sin?This reflection is a sobering reminder that no matter how many good works we have, we can easily render all of that empty through a single...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 25, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis emphasizes often the divide between a non-Christian attempting virtue in vain compared with the Christian who has grace. What different then is there between a Christian attempting virtue without charity and a pagan doing likewise? How can we ensure that...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 14, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What might be the distinction between taking one’s life as described above and taking one’s life through depression and despair?2. How can the present reflection shed light on the abortion industry and the motives and reasons with which people approach...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 11, 2019 | St. Francis de Sales
St. John the XX111 had a deep admiration of Visitation’s Founder, St. Francis de Sales. From an interview conducted in 2014, with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez and Randall S. Rosenberg, a theology professor at Saint Louis University, we learn:...