Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic Catholic where real faith meets real life.

There are two very different views of freedom that are competing for our attention today.

There's a classical view of freedom, one that people like Aristotle or St. Augustine,

St. Thomas Aquinas, and the biblical authors would have been familiar with.

And then there's a very modern notion of freedom.

Do you know the difference between these two?

I gotta tell you, what we're gonna talk about today,

the difference between these two notions of freedom is absolutely

crucial. It can make or break a marriage. It can mean the difference between

laying a solid foundation for a healthy dating relationship and starting another dead-end romance.

It can lead to us succeeding as parents or failing in our role as mother and father to our children.

If properly understood, an authentic view of freedom

can inspire us to live life well, to flourish and find happiness. But if we don't get freedom

right, it can lead us to great disappointment and frustration and

isolation in life there is a lot writing on getting freedom right and that's what we

look at in today's show. So I want to give a

shout out here to all my new friends in Fargo, North Dakota. I was just up there for their big

redeemed 2018 conference. I have to tell you all it was absolutely freezing in Fargo I got this

invitation go to Fargo, North Dakota and I thought oh April okay it won't be too bad in

April my goodness it was under five degrees when I landed and I didn't I didn't even bring a code I left my coat at home

So it was freezing but the faith was alive and it was on fire at that conference.

So thank you to everyone in Fargo for their great faithfulness.

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