Seven Capital Sins – Lust, pt.1
Lust is the inordinate love of the pleasures of the flesh, usually, but not necessarily, of a sexual manner.
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Seven Capital Sins – Envy, pt.2
Sheen contrasts the sin of envy with the virtue of the pity that the righteous thief on the cross had for Christ.
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Seven Capital Sins – Envy, pt.1
In the theological sense, envy is not a type of jealousy or covetousness where we desire something that someone else has; rather envy is a sadness at another’s good (Aquinas), a love for the misfortune of a neighbor (Dante), or pain at the sight of good fortune (Aristotle).
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Seven Capital Sins – Anger, pt.2
This week’s discussion is on anger and Christ’s words from the cross “Forgive them for they know not what they do.”
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Seven Capital Sins – Anger, pt.1
Because sinful anger results from ignorance, it is the virtue of forgiveness that overcomes the sin of anger.
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Ezekiel 8 – Ezek. 43, 44, 47
When we began Ezekiel, the prophet is in exile sitting by the River Chebar and had a vision of the Glory of God leaving the Temple in Jerusalem. The readings this week open with the vision of a rebuilt and restored Temple and the return of the Glory of God to the Temple, filling it.
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Seven Capital Sins – An Introduction
For our Lenten study this year, we are going to look at the seven deadly or capital sins: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Covetousness, Gluttony, and Lust.
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Ezekiel 7 – Ezek. 37, pt.2
In both Ezekiel’s prophecy and John’s Gospel, this Good Shepherd discourse (Ezek. 36, John 10) is followed by a discourse on the resurrection (Ezek. 37, John 11).
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Ezekiel 7 – Ezek. 37, pt.1
On a deeper level, however, this chapter speaks to the general resurrection of all of God’s people and the unification of the Kingdom of Heaven with both Jews and Gentiles under God’s Messiah.
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Ezekiel 6 – Ezek. 34
After reading through Ezekiel 34, read through John 10:1-18, Luke 15:1-7, and Matthew 25:31-46 and see how Jesus applies Ezekiel’s prophecy to himself.
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