Skip to content
Sign in
Artwork for Know - Grow - Go
Know - Grow - Go · September 22 · 9 min

Envy Is Dark

Living with a resentful heart is a dark place to be. St. Thomas Aquinas described envy as “sorrow over another person’s good.” Envy makes us resent the good that others receive. Gratitude does just the opposite: it teaches us to rejoice in God’s generosity, even toward someone we think doesn’t deserve it. But God’s grace is not measured out according to what we have earned. It is gift: freely and extravagantly given. Readings at this Mass: Ez 18:25–28 | Phil 2:1–11 | Mt 21:28–32

0:00-9:43
Play in

transcript

No transcript — this publisher did not publish one.

show notes

Living with a resentful heart is a dark place to be. St. Thomas Aquinas described envy as “sorrow over another person’s good.” Envy makes us resent the good that others receive. Gratitude does just the opposite: it teaches us to rejoice in God’s generosity, even toward someone we think doesn’t deserve it. But God’s grace is not measured out according to what we have earned. It is gift: freely and extravagantly given.

 

Readings at this Mass: Ez 18:25–28 | Phil 2:1–11 | Mt 21:28–32

more episodes

All episodes