by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 2, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“Our Lord was taken for a child like others; from all powerful He appears all powerless; from all great, all little. All gentle and kind, He allowed Himself to be guided like a little lamb; from all rich with the eternal riches of the Father of lights, of Whom He is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 1, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
” The Son of God, to show us an example, came to humble Himself with an abjection the most admirable which not only can be, but can even be thought of; for you see the God of all Majesty, as it were forgetting and annihilating this supreme and adorable greatness, came...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 30, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“I entreat you to let our chief care be to purify our souls, in order to make them capable of receiving the fruits of this holy nativity. Empty your hearts of every other desire but that of receiving in them this Divine Infant, Who, when He finds them thus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 29, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
” We must offer Him pure souls, clean, to this Divine Child, who is born to us, the Author of all purity and holiness. This is the most agreeable present we could make Him, a clean, contrite and humbled heart; He wishes only for our heart. Is it not more than...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 28, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“As much as we shall humble ourselves by true humility of heart, so much will the Almighty humble Himself in us to fill our hearts with the abundance of His Holy Spirit, Who will prepare us to receive the Lord in His holy birth.” St. Jane , Exhortation 4,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2022 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
“Let us endeavor to do our actions with the purity of intention which our Lord had when He became incarnate and made Himself mortal and capable of suffering. He had no other motive than the glory of His Eternal Father and our salvation; these then, are the only...