We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖  Day 7: St. Therese's Mighty Arms 🌹 If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: 🔗  https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Seventh_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! MY TAKEAWAYS 💬 Today’s reading reminds us that we never have to worry about relying on our own strength, because we can be assure

We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖  Day 6: St. Therese's "Armor of God" 🌹 If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: 🔗  https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Sixth_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! MY TAKEAWAYS 💬 Day 6 begins beautifully by explaining how St. Thérèse's fortitude cannot be explained by "mere natural courage"

We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖  Day 5: St. Therese's Impregnable Fortress - Prayer 🌹 If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: 🔗  https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Fifth_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! MY TAKEAWAYS 💬 In Days 1-4, we learned what formed the foundation of St. Therese’s approach to “joy in suffering”

We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖  Day 4: The Paradox: Joy in Suffering 🌹 If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: 🔗  https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Fourth_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! MY TAKEAWAYS Today’s reading was very helpful for making the point that St. Therese struggled just like the rest of us. She was

We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖  Day 3: St. Therese's Threefold Martyrdom 🌹 If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Third_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! MY TAKEAWAYS Today’s reading was my absolute favorite so far because it really puts into perspective all that St. Therese suffer

We continue our 9-day book club, reading the book Joy in Suffering . 📖 Day 2: St. Therese's Favorite Crosses If you don’t already have the book, you can find the readings online for free here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Joy_in_Suffering/Second_Day What was your favorite quote or takeaway from today’s reading? Share in the comments below! My favorite quotes from today: "Everything," she wrote, "has such value in the religious life…. Pick up a pin from a motive of love, an

Want to join me over the next 9 days, reading the book Joy in Suffering? I thought every day we could share our favorite quote or takeaway from that day’s reading. I’m calling it a mini book club because the readings are short (10 minutes at most I think) and I figured it would be nice to keep it simple and just do a post each day where then we can comment and share our favorite quote/takeaway as we have time later in that day. Today we will start and read Day 1. And if you d

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support! Prefer to watch? Link to the video is here: https://youtu.be/nxslN50hHjo Our Lord said, "Learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart," and "Love one another as I have loved you." These two commands from Our Lord remind us of the importance imitating Our Lord in the virtues of humility,

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