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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, August 17th, 2020.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we will be talking about the 10th, the final

of the 10 commandments, which is, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's possessions. Or simply,

don't spend your whole life looking to own more and to have more. And don't always be

comparing what you have to other people. This is a commandment not only that helps us avoid sin,

but as we will learn throughout the week, it is a commandment that helps us be happy.

After all, the Ten Commandments were given to us by God to help us understand what true happiness is

and to help us avoid the things that will just lead us to

misery. Now, this commandment probably sounds similar to another commandment that we have already

talked about, which is thou shalt not steal. Remember, stealing, of course, is taking something

that doesn't belong to us.

But this commandment is different.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's possessions, because this is the intentions of our heart

that come before stealing or doing something sneaky.

But they also come before creating a plan for our life that

will make us miserable. If we decide to live our life coveting what other people have, whether it's

their big house, their fancy car, their great clothes, their Lego sets, their toys, whatever it is, if we spend our life

coveting what they have and wanting it for myself, then we will be chasing down the wrong

things. Now, this week, just like last week, we are going to look to some incredible saints that

celebrate their feast days this

week. And because God is so very good, whenever I do this, I look up the saints and I realize

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