Searching for Peace
In this audiobook, we’ll be journeying with Sr. Miriam through Jacque Philippe’s Searching For and Maintaining Peace.
24 sesji
1Day 1Welcome to the Hallow Summer Bookclub! We begin our journey through Searching for and Maintaining Peace with Sr. Miriam.Preface and Chapter 1
2Day 2Welcome back to Day 2 of this challenge. Today, in Chapter 2, Fr. Philippe explains what peace is and why we must seek it.Part 1: Chapter 2
3Day 3We continue today with Chapter 3, where we find encouragement to persevere in the spiritual life.Part 1: Chapter 3
4Day 4Welcome to Day 4 of the challenge. In Chapter 4, Fr. Philippe reminds us that the devil uses certain strategies to distance us from God.Part 1: Chapter 4
5Day 5Today we'll read Chapter 5, learning why the reasons we lose our peace are always bad reasons.Part 1: Chapter 5
6Day 6Welcome back! Today in Chapter 6, Fr. Philippe explains what goodwill is and why it is a necessary condition for peace within.Part 1: Chapter 6
7Day 7Welcome back to Day 7 of the challenge. Today we conclude Part 1 as Fr. Philippe continues on the topic of goodwill and peace.Part 1: Chapter 7
8Day 8We continue our Summer Bookclub today, beginning Part 2 of the book. Fr. Philippe writes that the reason we lose peace is fear.Part 2: Chapter 1
9Day 9Today we read Chapter 9. Fr. Philippe begins to explore the reasons why we lose peace. First, we have a hard time believing in Providence.Part 2: Chapter 2
10Day 10Welcome back to Day 10 of this challenge. Today, Fr. Philippe explains the second reason we lose our peace: fear of suffering.Part 2: Chapter 3
11Day 11Today we turn to Part 2, Chapter 4, where Fr. Philippe encourages us to grow in confidence of God's Providence through prayer.Part 2: Chapter 4
12Day 12We continue today with Chapter 5. Here Fr. Philippe discusses detachment and abandonment, which are necessary for peace.Part 2: Chapter 5
13Day 13Welcome back! In Part 2: Chapters 6 & 7, we are reminded that while God asks for everything, He doesn't necessarily take everything.Part 2: Chapters 6 & 7
14Day 14Welcome to Day 14 of the Summer Bookclub Challenge. Today, Fr. Philippe uses Psalm 23 to remind us that God is always with us.Part 2: Chapter 8
15Day 15Today, we will read Chapter 9. We hear Fr. Philippe's thoughts on how to maintain our peace even when people close to us are suffering.Part 2: Chapter 9
16Day 16Welcome to Day 16 of Summer Bookclub. Today, Fr. Philippe reminds us that Jesus is present in all people who suffer.Part 2: Chapter 10
17Day 17Welcome back! Today, we read of another reason we may lose our peace: the behavior of others who hurt or preoccupy us.Part 2: Chapter 11
18Day 18We continue with Chapter 12 today.Part 2: Chapter 12
19Day 19Today as we read Chapter 13, we are encouraged to have patience with our own faults and imperfections as well.Part 2: Chapter 13
20Day 20Welcome to Day 20 of the Summer Bookclub Challenge. Today, Fr. Philippe reminds us that God draws good even from our faults.Part 2: Chapter 14
21Day 21We turn now to Chapter 15, where Fr. Philippe reminds us of the path we should take when we have committed some kind of fault.Part 2: Chapter 15
22Day 22In Chapter 16, Fr. Philippe discusses the loss of peace we can experience when, faced with a decision, we are unable to see clearly.Part 2: Chapter 16
23Day 23Welcome back. Today in Chapter 17, Fr. Philippe reminds us to joyfully accept our poverty and smallness as means of being perfected by Love.Part 2: Chapter 17
24Day 24Congratulations on completing the Summer Bookclub Challenge! In this final chapter, we are encouraged to put Fr. Philippe's words into action! Learn more about the book: https://tinyurl.com/stpaulsusaPart 2: Chapter 18