by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In August 1891, Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart invited the Guards of Honor to be faithful and consistent with God’s Will. Vacation time lends itself to this kind of spiritual deepening. See the tips that our founder gave to help us in our thinking: Fidelity...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
“I looked for comforters and I did not find them! “What a painful complaint of our Lord! Complaint that He wanted to meet you in enrolling in the Honor Guard. This God betrayed, seeking consolation, what a sight! Alas, this is what we offer too often in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 10, 2014 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
The Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, France was the site of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Imagine what it would be like to visit there! We did, as Visitandine Pilgrims during our 400th anniversary year! These are...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 17, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
The venerable servant of God, Maria Angelica Alvarez Icaza ,a Visitation Nun, could be the first Mexican mystic inscribed in the book of the saints , but we are still in the process of canonization and are required to have the first miracle for her to be declared...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 28, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
This month we celebrate the death of Jesus and celebrate his resurrection. It is important for us to find a balance between our material life and spiritual life. Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud wrote this about it : ” Inner Life : Man is composed of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2014 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
Lent is a time of Mercy and that prodigious Mercy flows from the Wounded and Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is being recognized in a powerful way in a Diocese in France, whose Bishop plans to consecrate his diocese to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of...