AS238 Ask Sister – Our Lady of Lourdes, chores vs. chocolate for Lent, Seven Deadly Sins, crying as a way to pray

Podcast hosts: Sister Shannon, OSF, and Sister Maxine, IHM. Topics: Our Lady of Lourdes, chocolate vs. chores for Lent, Seven Deadly Sins, crying as a way to pray.

(01:30) Feast Day belated shout-out to Our Lady of Lourdes.

(03:15) Listener question: For Lent, instead of giving up chocolate, would it be better if I clean the bathroom so mom doesn't have to?

(05:30) Prayer, almsgiving, and abstinence during Lent.

(08:30) Making personal choices about what's a meaningful sacrifice for you.

(13:00) Listener question: Of the Seven Deadly Sins, what is Gluttony and why is it a sin?

(13:30) The Seven Deadly Sins and why they're deadly.

(15:00) What gluttony is, and what it's not.

(18:00) Gluttony, Dante, and The Third Circle of Hell.

(19:30) The Seven Virtues that counteract the Seven Capital Sins.

(20:00) Olympic training and regular practice of virtue.

(22:00) Can The Virtues go awry?

(25:00) Listener question: I ignored God for many years, so why does it feel like God is now calling me to something?

(27:30) The tumultuous relationship of Jeremiah and God in the bible.

(30:00) Crying as a form of prayer.

(31:00) The Prodigal Son.

(33:30) Doubts about God as a part of the faith journey.

(34:44) Reappropriating our faith in adulthood.

(36:00) Grace and vulnerability in restoring relationships.

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