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LTACL: The Most Promising Sin? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/10/26
7 minutes
Posted Aug 10, 2026 at 7:26 pm.
Opening — Continuing the series
Anecdote: Visiting cloistered nuns
The nuns’ question: ’What’s Amazon?’
Explaining how Amazon works
Reflection: Amazon’s invasiveness
Transition to the deadly sin of greed
Defining greed — St. Thomas Aquinas
Greed in literature: Dante’s Purgatory
Scriptural warnings against greed (Sirach, Isaiah)
Etymology of ’satisfy’ — human longing
Christ as the true satisfaction
How to be free from greed — practical steps
Work of a lifetime; practical resolution
Conclusion and sign-off
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Father Robert McTeigue continues his series on the seven deadly sins. In so doing, he takes a closer look at the dangerous desire for temporal things that can never truly satisfy.
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