Freedom to choose has consequences. Freedom in the right order seeks truth and discipline. Disordered Freedom is not freeing at all, but rather binding."Lord, we give your thanks and praise. Please give us the heart of Joseph, one of discipline, of seeking your will, obeying without delay, and help us to right order our desires. For we know that you created all things for good and that there is a proper way for us to receive and treat all. Remove from us disordered desires. Help us to treat others with the same dignity and respect Joseph treated Mary. We ask this through the intercession of Mary and Joesph. All glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen"Sloth is born out of our disordered, slavish pursuit of personal pleasure. This inordinate passion seeking causes us to sin, demanding and being tied to what we want, when we want it, without care or concern for how it affects others or allowing our conscience to convict us. When we allow desire to dictate our action in chasing after immediate gratification we may receive cheap and timely pleasure, but there is no security in it. It is shallow and chains us to our countless wants and cravings.Our culture is immersed in advertising. Even when the media is not right in front of our eyes, or in our hands, and when we are with other people, what does the conversation revolve around? Are they or are we advocating for some new toy, product, service, etc, that we just purchased? Are those interactions loving, or mini advertisements, where we promote self-interest, brag, or encourage others to indulge? It was recently brought to my attention that the vehicle advertisers use to entice people are the seven deadly sins. To appeal to our weaknesses, lust, greed, all that makes us more comfortable right now, our sin.Advertise comes from the root words "ad" and "verse" which means to turn towards. It is an attempt to call actions to something to make people aware of it, which in and of itself is not a bad thing. We can use advertising for good. We can bring attention to Jesus, to His dying and resurrection for our sins. Yet, in our fallen nature, we have taken and skewed this for evil. Because we succumb to comparison, we have used advertising to prey on each other and use it instead to put others down or raise ourselves above them. In other cases we want people to be just as sinful as us, so we don't feel as guilty.Unfortunately, this has influenced parenting methods and created a generation where the children are put on pedestals, with parents serving children, rather than children respectfully serving their elders. In our desire to ensure our kids are cool, or popular we bow to consumerism and peer pressure. We are at the mercy of their fickle itches. In catering to these whims, we are teaching our children to be slothful, that they lack true value and that they are only as good as their possessions or experiences.Think about how easy it would have been for Joseph to put Jesus on a pedestal. After all, he knew he was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and that people marveled at him. Yet, we read in Luke