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Greetings young Squire Sprouts.

Today is the 16th day in the fourth month in the year of our Lord 2022.

My name is Cyril and Peterlot, and you're listening to Saturdays with Sir Roland on Catholic Spouts where every Saturday we discuss the art of dragon slain.

And this young Squire Sprouts is no ordinary Saturday.

This is Holy Saturday, the day before Easter.

And I know on the Sprouts podcast this week, you've been talking about passion, the passion of the Christ.

And when I think of the word passion, I think of fire. And you might ask,

Sir Roland, is fire a good thing or fire a bad thing? Just like some of you have written to me,

like Lady Ellie or Sir Paulo, and you've asked, are there good dragons as well as bad dragons?

Well, the reality is everything God created was good. God did not create evil or bring evil into the world, but God gave the angels and the human beings something that he didn't give the rest of creation. He gave us a free will, the ability to choose good or evil. And because we can choose evil, that opens the door for dragons

to enter in the world. That's what dragons are, choosing evil. And you might say, well, why did God even

give us the choice to do that? Well, because we're made in the image and likeness of God,

to love as he loves. And love is a choice. You cannot force love.

So God took a huge risk by giving us a free will so that we could love and be loved, knowing that we

might use that free will to choose evil like the dragons. And that's why I think free will is kind of like fire.

Fire is a beautiful thing. When I was a kid, we had a wood-burning fireplace and it was my favorite

part of our home. One of my favorite sights is the site of a fire. One of my favorite sounds is the

crackle of a fire. One of my favorite smells is the wood burning on the fire. One of my favorite sounds is the crackle of a fire. One of my favorite smells is the wood

burning on the fire. One of my favorite feelings is the warmth of a fire on the cold winter night.

Four out of my five senses, fire is one of my favorites. The only thing I never did was try to taste

the fire because that seemed kind of dangerous. But my point is,

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