Hi, I'm Edwards 3 and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.

I can be very strategic when I'm making my way through an airport to get through as quickly

and efficiently as possible. And one day, I was running lake to catch a flight. And so I got online to figure out which TSA line was going to be the shortest. I went to that line, went through security, put my bag on the conveyor belt. It goes into the screener, and I'm waiting on the other side to grab my bag and head off to my gate. But something happened. The bag didn't come out. The bag was stuck

in the screener. And I see the TSA agent looking and talking to someone else and pointing at the

screen. And I thought, oh no, they're going to take my bag. And sure enough, my bag did not come down

the conveyor belt toward me. They took it out and the TSA agent brought it to another table for additional

screening. And then they finally came out to me and said, hey, is this your bag? And I said, yes. And they said,

well, look what we found inside. And it was a water bottle. A full water bottle. I forgot that I had my

water bottle in there and my rush. And there was something inside my bag that I didn't realize was there, and it kept me from going through.

I share that story because I think in life, there's sometimes we want to go certain places with our lives.

But we find ourselves stuck, unable to advance, unable to break free.

What do I mean? Let me get some examples here. Maybe

anger, for example. I hear from so many great Catholic parents that love Jesus and they love their

kids and they find that they get angry at their kids and they get yelled at their kids or they get

to lose their temper with their kids. And they feel so badly about there. Have you ever been there

done that? And I have. And no matter how hard

they try, I'm not going to be angry anymore. And no matter how hard they pray, Jesus, don't let me be

angry at the kids. They find their temper just gets the best of them. Maybe it's something else.

Maybe for you, you struggle with strong reactions, expressing frustration and

criticism to say your spouse and you just snap and it just comes out harsher than you wanted

to and you wonder, why do I keep doing that? Or maybe you find yourself just being very defensive

and always complaining, you know, no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you pray,

...