79. Great Desire, Humility, & Peace

“Routine, terrible routine is the daughter of apathy. In order to rise out of mediocrity and lukewarmness, RENEW YOUR DESIRES”

This week, Sara and I dive head first into Chapter 5 of I Believe in Love , and we discuss the hidden importance of having a thirst and desire for Christ. This can seem intimidating, especially when we can become so aware of our broken and sinful ways. Yet, it is often precisely through an acknowledgment of our own littleness, as St. Therese so beautifully lived out, that sets our hearts in the direction of a fiery desire for communion with God. 

Discussion Questions:

1. “ How many souls I have that you have experienced these beautiful enthusiasms, yet, in admitting their weakness, their apparent mediocrity, their lack of progress, have let themselves little by little be overrun by discouragement.” Has this happened to you? Is there a desire you have about which you feel discouraged?

2.” A ravishing form of humility is simplicity. It is the charm of those who know how to put themselves in their proper place and are not puffed up in their own eyes.” Can you think of someone in your own life who can be described this way? In what way can you imitate them? 

3. “ It is a duty for you to spread this sweet and joyful peace around you… Not like judges of  peace but like angels of peace.” How can you be an angel of peace in your home, at work, at school, toward a stranger?

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