Entering the Cloister: St. Therese of Lisieux Study Week 5

On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, is joined by Stephanie Burke and Claire Dwyer from the Avila Institute to discuss Chapter 5 from the Endow Study Guide on St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

Show notes: In this episode, we chat about prayer and the experience of spiritual aridity and how one's quality of prayer is not measured by "good feelings;" as well as the paradox of experiencing joy amidst the dryness. We also discuss that perfection isn't about "white knuckling" your way to holiness.

Quotes to ponder: He whose Kingdom is not of this world showed me that true wisdom consists in "desiring to be unknown and counted as nothing," in "placing one's joy in the contempt of self." -St. Therese, quoting Thomas a Kempis in The Imitation of Christ

Link to Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation on St. Therese: https://www.vatican.va/content/france...

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