CS 1444: the Third Week of Advent and Joy: Thursday
Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids
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🗓️ 21 December 2023
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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 |
| 0:09.6 | The daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith. |
| 0:22.1 | Hey there, sprouts's Browds. |
| 0:23.7 | Today is Thursday, December 21st, 2020. |
| 0:28.5 | This week we are talking about the virtue of joy, which we celebrate the third week |
| 0:34.3 | of Advent. |
| 0:35.8 | Before, however, we return to that, please join me in praying the family prayer for Advent, |
| 0:42.3 | which we are learning this month in the Be a Saint Kids Club. |
| 0:46.8 | In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. |
| 0:52.4 | God of love, your son, Jesus is your greatest gift to us. He is the sign of your |
| 0:59.5 | love. Help us walk in that love during the weeks of Advent as we prepare and wait for his coming. |
| 1:06.9 | We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior, amen. |
| 1:13.9 | So we've already talked a lot about joy. |
| 1:17.4 | We talked about the fact that joy is different from other virtues because joy is a fruit or a result of practicing the other virtues. |
| 1:25.9 | And how even when we are suffering, perhaps like St. Paul, we can still |
| 1:31.4 | experience joy. Now today we're going to talk about the opposite of joy. Sometimes that's |
| 1:38.4 | helpful so we know when we're headed in the wrong direction. So joy is a result of practicing love. Love is always focused on the |
| 1:50.4 | other person, looking at what they need, responding to their needs with generosity. |
| 1:59.1 | Therefore, the opposite of joy is selfish sadness. Selfish sadness is the |
| 2:08.1 | opposite of joy. Now, what I want you to think about is that oftentimes we chase the wrong |
| 2:16.7 | things. Oftentimes, we think that by being selfish, by being angry or powerful, |
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