Overcoming Envy and Dealing with Jealousy
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Envy and jealousy sneakily gain control of our minds. They don’t feel like other sins that give at least a brief moment of gratification, so it’s easy to dismiss these disordered thoughts. In this episode, Fr. Mike explains why we need to focus in on whatever jealousy or envy we may have in our lives, because it could inhibit our relationship with God. The remedy he shares is a reminder of who we are in God’s eyes, which is all that matters.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'm a name of Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents. |
| 0:10.3 | So I was reading in the Bible the other day, the story of King Saul and then when David |
| 0:17.3 | comes along right and David has been anointed to be the future king, defeat Scaliah and |
| 0:22.5 | they go into the city and the women come out and they praise they say, Saul is slaying |
| 0:26.8 | his thousands and David is tens of thousands and then the line after that says from that |
| 0:31.0 | moment on, envy entered into King Saul's heart and this bitterness against David. |
| 0:36.7 | I just have been reflecting on envy because I think in some ways we can be like, well, |
| 0:41.7 | you know, envy is not that big of a deal or jealousy. |
| 0:43.6 | I mean, some people use those in two different ways. |
| 0:46.8 | I just want to put them together. |
| 0:48.7 | There's a wisdom in separating envy and jealousy just to kind of get more precision. |
| 0:52.5 | I'm going to smash them together and call it envy. |
| 0:56.2 | Let's see. |
| 0:57.2 | Wait, no, I'm just call it envy or jealousy. |
| 0:58.9 | What is envy? |
| 0:59.9 | What's jealousy? |
| 1:00.9 | It's what Saul had for David. |
| 1:02.9 | It's sadness at the blessings of another, right? |
| 1:07.4 | I'm the way to say you can say, I'm sad because you're happy or on the flip side. |
| 1:12.9 | It's unhappy because you're sad. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm sad because you have a gift that I don't have. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm sad because you have a status that I don't have. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ascension, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ascension and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.