by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Jul 20, 9:22 AM Sister Susan Marie (Moderator): What do you make of the distinction between temptation and its delectation? Why does Saint Francis distinguish between temptation itself and the enjoyment of temptation? Most often we hear that avoiding the smaller...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Strive to be delivered from your troubles out of love of God Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 11, “Anxiety of Mind,” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis gives...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 20, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We must avoid temptation big and small Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 4 “Encouragement for the Tempted Soul.” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis gives us...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 19, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Entitled The Four Stages of Loving by Oblate Father John Crossin, you can read the article here: https://www.osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/Article/TabId/535/ArtMID/13567/ArticleID/22719/The-four-stages-of-loving.aspx
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 15, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Only God can give us the strength to abhor and overcome temptation Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 4 “Two Striking Illustrations of the Same.” from An Introduction to the Devout...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
VisitationSiste: Questions to Ponder: Why does St. Francis spend so much time talking about the importance of not taking pleasure in temptation? Do we all have different temptations, or the same ones? Are temptations at least in part culturally conditioned? For...