Does God Want You To Be Successful

The Catholic Gentleman

Today Sam and John discuss the dignity of work and how to balance the desire for career advancement with your faith. We also give great advice on how to get ahead in your career and discern changing your job. Pride, power, and pleasure are the ideals held by society with work, but it is by pursuing these ideals that we instead find frustration, anxiety, and unhappiness. RERUM NOVARUM - "Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor" - Pope Leo XIII - https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html LABOREM EXERCENS - "Through work man must earn his daily bread" - Pope St. John Paul II - https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html Catechism: “If any one will not work, let him not eat.” Work honors the Creator’s gifts and the talents received from him. (CCC 2427). In work, the person exercises and fulfills in part the potential inscribed in his nature. (CCC 2428) -- PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN -- https://www.patreon.com/catholicgentleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Catholic Gentleman is a show for Catholic Men on topics related to living your best life in the modern world. Featuring conversations on all aspects of masculinity, as well as interviews with experts, the show seeks to provide practical insights for men of all ages. There are great Catholic men who are intentionally committed to the difficult work of actual life. Join us and be one of them.

Hosts include John Heinen and Devin Schadt.

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