by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why do you suppose Saint Francis makes a point to emphasize the distinction of dying in the “act of love” versus the “habit of love”? Why is this important? Saint Francis makes reference to baptized babies dying in the love of God. Based on the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 21, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The just man never dies unprovidedly. He is well provided for in death This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book seven (“Of The Union Of The Soul With Her God, Which Is Perfected In Prayer.”). This week...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 18, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean that we are given life by Christ’s death? Why was it by death? Why didn’t God just “zap” our sins away? What does it mean to “die with Christ”? What does it mean to live with Christ? We often talk about the death...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 14, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
That Those Who Live May Not Live to Themselves… This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book seven (“Of The Union Of The Soul With Her God, Which Is Perfected In Prayer.”). This week we will be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 2, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
It is the will only that God desires, but all the other powers run after it to be united to God with it This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book seven (“Of The Union Of The Soul With Her God, Which Is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 1, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
1st Friday of the month in 1674: The Sacred Heart of Jesus during what is called the 2nd great apparition asks St. Margaret Mary the restorative communion of the first Friday of the month and the Holy Hour. June 6, 1610: In the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, in the...