Ladd Spears

Excess and Defect 2020 #8 - Vice, Vice, Baby (Lust)

April 9th, 2020  |  54 mins 19 secs

Excess and Defect 2020 #7 - Vice Cream (Gluttony)

April 5th, 2020  |  54 mins 34 secs

Excess and Defect 2020 #6 - Untamed Virtue (Anger)

April 2nd, 2020  |  46 mins 17 secs

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In this episode, first, we get angry at technology(!) and then talk about the vice of wrath...and how to distinguish it from righteous anger, as we had at technology.

Excess and Defect 2020 #5 - All that glitters is not gold (Avarice)

March 26th, 2020  |  43 mins 26 secs

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Why we need virtue more than ever in this hour. How to overcome the vice of avarice - a disordered love of money.

Excess and Defect 2020 #4 - Vice Potato (Sloth)

March 19th, 2020  |  43 mins 14 secs

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We talk about how the vice of sloth resists the demands which having a loving relationship with God places upon us and how sticking to charity can eliminate it from our lives!

Excess and Defect 2020 #3 - This Episode is Better than Every Other Episode (Vainglory)

March 12th, 2020  |  34 mins 13 secs

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What is glory? What kind of glory is vain? How can we become truly magnanimous - great-souled - instead of seeking honor?

Excess and Defect 2020 #2 - Vice Grips (Envy)

March 5th, 2020  |  37 mins 21 secs

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In this episode, we discuss the "diabolical" vice of envy. Envy is sorrow at another's good.

Excess and Defect 2020 #1 - Vice Precedence (Pride)

February 27th, 2020  |  34 mins 35 secs

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In this first episode of our Lenten series on the vices we talk about virtue and vice in general, how Christ is the model of virtue, and how pride is the root of all the vices in our lives.