037 What Is Jealousy? How Do We Control It?

The Mystery of Parenthood is a show on RED-C Catholic Radio, headquartered in College Station, Texas. On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, Trey Cashion discussed the vices of jealousy and envy in light of a technology blogger's claim that jealousy can make you a better person (https://www.getcloudapp.com/blog/jealous-7-ways-jealousy-can-make-you-a-better-person). He reviewed the classical and Catholic tradition's definition of envy and prior to that, a proper understanding of the relationship between the will, reason, and the passions. Two books by the great Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft grounded the conversation: Practical Theology (https://www.ignatius.com/Practical-Theology-P2020.aspx) and Back to the Virtue (https://www.ignatius.com/Back-to-Virtue-P187.aspx). After this preface, Trey critiqued the article and made it clear that far from jealousy being something that can make you a better person, what matters is striving to live in solidarity with others, recognizing excellence wherever we see it, and aspiring to be exactly who God created us to be, that is, a saint. Our memory verse this week is Romans 8:18, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."