Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. Most committed Christians know we're not supposed to live a hedonistic lifestyle.

The idea of unbridled pursuit of pleasure is not a good thing. We're made for so much more or our souls are made for

God, not just the pleasures of this world. And yet, how many of us Christian disciples, if

we're honest, would have to admit that we are very, very attached to the

pleasures and comforts of this world.

You know, think about it.

We live in a secular age that forgets the invisible realm,

forgets the spiritual realm, forgets that were made for heaven

and not just the good things here on earth.

And we Christians live in this environment.

And so we're, we could tend to forget what we're made for

and become too attached to the things of this world and I think there's a certain

kind of soft hedonism if if you will, that many Christians adopt, a certain Christian hedonism.

It's not as intense as total hedonism, you know, like, you know, the Burning Man Festival that they have out in Nevada each year or like

woodstock you know if it feels good do it you know again most Christians

wouldn't say that but I think there are many Christians that might actually say well you know

we don't want to live that.

We don't want unrestrained pursuit of pleasure, but we should enjoy the good things of this world.

Yeah, you know, we do it in a good way, you know, simple natural pleasures like fine foods that are cooked very well

cooked with certain ingredients

Natural foods, good music concerts, maybe we drink certain high-end teas and coffees or

certain wines and whiskeys, you know, not too much, but you know in a so-called

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