Father Stephen Gadberry

So going back to the work conversation, work – that's done freely and properly ordered is a creative act. That's what work is. You're creating stuff. You're cooperating in the creation of the world. So there's a lot of dignity in work. But yeah, just freedom. So in any way that all this stuff around us takes away our freedom, it's not from God. What is the freedom?

So going back to the work conversation, work – that's done freely and properly ordered is a creative act. That's what work is. You're creating stuff. You're cooperating in the creation of the world. So there's a lot of dignity in work. But yeah, just freedom. So in any way that all this stuff around us takes away our freedom, it's not from God. What is the freedom?

The freedom is to do the right thing, to do what's right, not freedom to do whatever the hell you want. It's the freedom to do what's right. I'm not free to go out and rob 15 banks today if I want to, because that's not right. I'm not free to go out and just drink a 30-pack of beer and then drive around town. That's not good. I'm not free to kill somebody just out of cold-blooded murder.

The freedom is to do the right thing, to do what's right, not freedom to do whatever the hell you want. It's the freedom to do what's right. I'm not free to go out and rob 15 banks today if I want to, because that's not right. I'm not free to go out and just drink a 30-pack of beer and then drive around town. That's not good. I'm not free to kill somebody just out of cold-blooded murder.

The freedom is to do the right thing, to do what's right, not freedom to do whatever the hell you want. It's the freedom to do what's right. I'm not free to go out and rob 15 banks today if I want to, because that's not right. I'm not free to go out and just drink a 30-pack of beer and then drive around town. That's not good. I'm not free to kill somebody just out of cold-blooded murder.

That's not freedom. If there's a

That's not freedom. If there's a

That's not freedom. If there's a

Yeah, yeah. To make the right choice. We're free to make the right choice.

Yeah, yeah. To make the right choice. We're free to make the right choice.

Yeah, yeah. To make the right choice. We're free to make the right choice.

Correct. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And then so you mentioned psychedelics just in passing. We can jump into that a little bit later or whenever you want. But like something with that or alcohol or drugs or like anything like this is like it would be bad in as much as it takes our free will. Tom Sequinas talks about alcohol, for example. And like, you know, how much can you drink?

Correct. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And then so you mentioned psychedelics just in passing. We can jump into that a little bit later or whenever you want. But like something with that or alcohol or drugs or like anything like this is like it would be bad in as much as it takes our free will. Tom Sequinas talks about alcohol, for example. And like, you know, how much can you drink?

Correct. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And then so you mentioned psychedelics just in passing. We can jump into that a little bit later or whenever you want. But like something with that or alcohol or drugs or like anything like this is like it would be bad in as much as it takes our free will. Tom Sequinas talks about alcohol, for example. And like, you know, how much can you drink?

And he says to the point of hilarity. That's kind of like the way he just... Because to the point of hilarity means that you still have full use of your reason. But as soon as something takes away your faculties, then you're not free in that. And that's where Satan wants to come in. Because if we don't maintain the proper use of our faculties and reason...

And he says to the point of hilarity. That's kind of like the way he just... Because to the point of hilarity means that you still have full use of your reason. But as soon as something takes away your faculties, then you're not free in that. And that's where Satan wants to come in. Because if we don't maintain the proper use of our faculties and reason...

And he says to the point of hilarity. That's kind of like the way he just... Because to the point of hilarity means that you still have full use of your reason. But as soon as something takes away your faculties, then you're not free in that. And that's where Satan wants to come in. Because if we don't maintain the proper use of our faculties and reason...

then that's because we've surrendered it to someone else. And so anytime that we surrender that, like if we're under the influence of something to the point where it takes away our faculties completely, we've surrendered that free will to somebody else. And at that point, they're free to make decisions in our name. I mean, to really simplify it, like think of a parent raising a kid.

then that's because we've surrendered it to someone else. And so anytime that we surrender that, like if we're under the influence of something to the point where it takes away our faculties completely, we've surrendered that free will to somebody else. And at that point, they're free to make decisions in our name. I mean, to really simplify it, like think of a parent raising a kid.

then that's because we've surrendered it to someone else. And so anytime that we surrender that, like if we're under the influence of something to the point where it takes away our faculties completely, we've surrendered that free will to somebody else. And at that point, they're free to make decisions in our name. I mean, to really simplify it, like think of a parent raising a kid.