The World—Friend or Enemy of the Soul?

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We’re not called to be like the Amish, separating ourselves completely from the world. But we must be careful how much of the world’s influences we allow into our homes and into our hearts. How do we strike the right balance?

Dr. Sri draws on wisdom from Blessed John Henry Newman to help us live a Christians in this world without being of this world.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic Catholic where real faith meets real life.
0:20.1	How do we live and grow as Christians in the midst of this very secular world?
0:25.6	How do I do this when I'm living in a world that doesn't support our Christian values,
0:30.4	doesn't support our Christian beliefs? what if I want to grow spiritually?
0:33.8	I want to grow in prayer.
0:34.7	How do I do that in the midst of this world?
0:36.9	If I just want to raise my kids well,
0:38.6	I want to live marriage well, how do I do that?
0:40.6	I want to live dating relationships well and friendship well. How do I do this in the relationship well and friendship well? How do I do this in the midst of a secular world?
0:47.6	Well, sometimes have you ever noticed, sometimes Christians can go in extremes on this?
0:51.8	Have you heard some Christians say things like, oh the world is bad,
0:54.8	the world is evil, we gotta run away from this world. And then there's other Christians that
0:58.8	would say, oh, it's not that big of a deal. I mean, as long as I go to church on Sunday and I believe and I say my prayers and I don't
1:05.2	get into serious sin I can enjoy the pleasures and the comforts and the entertainments of this world.
1:11.1	It's not going to have an effect on me if I make a little extra money. of this
1:15.0	the world, it's not gonna have an effect on me if I make a little extra money. It's not gonna hurt me or if I watch that show or listen to this music.
1:20.0	I mean, yeah, what's the big deal?
1:21.0	It's not gonna hurt me me I can enjoy the pleasures and
1:24.4	comforts and entertainments of this world I can bring them in as long as I still
1:29.1	remain a believer yeah that's not going to affect me, then other Christians would say,
1:34.0	you might want to be careful how much you take in.
1:37.3	Because when you start taking in even the good things of this world,
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