CS 1443: the Third Week of Advent and Joy: Wednesday
Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids
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🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
It's the third week of Advent (and time to light the pink candle!). Join us as we discuss joy this week.
+ MONDAY: The pink candle in our Advent wreaths is also known as the Shepherd's Candle. Find out why this is fitting.
+ TUESDAY: Joy is not quite a virtue--instead it is a FRUIT of living the virtues.
+ WEDNESDAY: God created us to be happy...but what is true happiness (joy)?
+ THURSDAY: The opposite of joy is selfish sadness. Why does focusing on others (and not myself) lead to joy?
+ FRIDAY: We are so close to Christmas! Today you are challenged to stop thinking about what you are "getting" and instead spend time thinking about how you can be a "giver" instead.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to |
| 0:07.4 | Catholic Sprouts, |
| 0:10.4 | the daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith. |
| 0:22.3 | Hey there, Spouts. |
| 0:23.6 | Today is Wednesday, December 20th, 20th, 203. |
| 0:28.7 | This week, we are talking about the virtue of joy, which is what we contemplate during |
| 0:34.0 | the third week of Advent. |
| 0:36.4 | Before we return to that, however, please join me in |
| 0:40.3 | praying the family prayer for Advent, which we are learning this month in the Be a St. |
| 0:45.4 | Kids Club. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. God of love, |
| 0:53.5 | your son, Jesus, is your greatest gift to us. He is a sign of your love. |
| 1:00.5 | Help us walk in that love during the weeks of Advent as we wait and prepare for his coming. |
| 1:07.1 | We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior. Amen. so today we are going to talk about the difference |
| 1:14.5 | between happiness and joy perhaps some of this you already know but it's a really good reminder |
| 1:21.4 | that we are after something more than just a good feeling that lasts for a little while |
| 1:27.4 | the first thing we need to know is that |
| 1:29.9 | God created us to be happy. In fact, during the sermon on the Mount, Jesus talks a lot about |
| 1:37.7 | happiness. He gives us the beatitudes. Now, there's various ways to translate what Jesus said. Remember, when Jesus |
| 1:48.1 | was preaching to the crowds, he wasn't speaking English. And it's not easy to go from one |
| 1:54.6 | language directly to another. A lot of times there's choices that we can make. Does this word mean more of that word or this word in the other language? |
| 2:05.0 | And sometimes it's really helpful to just look at the various ways that we can translate. |
| 2:10.8 | So for example, we usually hear the beatitudes read this way. |
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