🔥 The New Way of St. Thérèse | Love, Humility & The Sword of Christ ~ Ven. Fulton Sheen

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Part 6 of 11 of Ven Fulton Sheen's series on the Little Flower. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen reveals a frequently overlooked side of St. Thérèse of Lisieux: the Little Flower as a warrior, missionary, and soldier for Jesus Christ. The path to holiness does not begin with concentrating on our faults or treating virtues as abstractions. It begins by looking toward Jesus and falling deeply in love with Him. Once Christ becomes the center of our lives, pride, selfishness, and attachment gradually lose their power. Drawing from St. Thérèse’s writings, Archbishop Sheen explains why she admired St. Joan of Arc, spoke of love as her sword, and longed to proclaim Christ throughout the world. Although she never entered a foreign mission field, her prayers, sacrifices, correspondence with missionaries, and burning desire for souls made her Patroness of the Missions. This conference also examines Christ’s challenging words, “I came not to bring peace, but the sword.” The sword of divine love cuts away pride, covetousness, lust, anger, envy, gluttony, and sloth. True peace is not merely the absence of disturbance—it is the fruit of conversion, discipline, sacrifice, and union with Christ. St. Thérèse’s Little Way is not timid sentimentality. It is the courageous, biblical way of falling in love with Christ, disciplining oneself, and becoming filled with missionary zeal. Subscribe for more timeless Catholic sermons, spiritual conferences, saint biographies, and traditional Catholic teaching. 00:00 Look toward Our Lord—not toward yourself 00:35 Loving Jesus above everything 01:08 Acquiring virtues or losing attachments? 01:51 You cannot fall in love with an abstraction 02:15 The Little Flower’s “new way” 02:51 What love produced in St. Thérèse 03:36 Her desire to become a soldier 04:11 St. Thérèse and St. Joan of Arc 05:09 “My sword is love” 06:14 Her mission would begin after death 07:11 Why she became Patroness of the Missions 08:03 Her desire to evangelize the entire world 08:47 Why conversions decline 09:53 True love extends beyond oneself 10:55 Entering Carmel to bring the sword 11:18 The world’s false understanding of peace 11:46 The flaming sword of divine love 12:37 Cutting away the seven deadly sins 13:01 The forgotten importance of discipline 13:33 Zechariah’s prophecy of the sword 15:00 Christ, Mary and the pierced heart 15:37 The Little Flower as spiritual warrior 16:00 The Little Way as the “New Way” 17:12 Joshua and the sword of the Lord 18:27 The biblical way of loving Christ 18:57 Fall in love—and zeal will follow #StTherese #LittleFlower #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #SpiritualLife #ChristianFaith #Missionary #CatholicSaints #FaithAndLove #SwordOfChrist #NewWay #Humility #LoveOfChrist #CatholicInspiration #SaintsWisdom #CatholicSermon #CatholicMotivation #PrayerLife #Holiness Hear the rest of the lectures found here https://www.keepthefaith.org/detail.aspx?ID=537 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Humility
• Jesus Christ