Chapter 8: The Simple Life
• Why do you think poverty, chastity, and obedience are
“threatening” in our culture?
• Fr. Martin’s experience in East Africa showed him that
“less stood between the refugees and God,” and therefore
they were close to God. What stands between you and
God? Is there any way you can minimize that distance?
• Does a “sensible simplicity” sound appealing or uncomfortable?
How might living more simply draw you closer
to God?
• What, to you, is the underlying message of Pedro
Arrupe’s surprising experience in the slum, on
pp. 211–212?
• Why do you think poverty, chastity, and obedience are
“threatening” in our culture?
• Fr. Martin’s experience in East Africa showed him that
“less stood between the refugees and God,” and therefore
they were close to God. What stands between you and
God? Is there any way you can minimize that distance?
• Does a “sensible simplicity” sound appealing or uncomfortable?
How might living more simply draw you closer
to God?
• What, to you, is the underlying message of Pedro
Arrupe’s surprising experience in the slum, on
pp. 211–212?
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