The Catholic Coaching Podcast 13. Three Myths Catholic Singles Believe About Dating
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Sep 29, 2020 They unpack three common dating myths that trip up Catholic singles. They challenge the soulmate fantasy and contrast it with Catholic anthropology. They rethink waiting for love versus choosing love as a will. They explore how attractions arise from thoughts and offer practical ways to be deliberate in dating.
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Soulmate Myth Undermines Responsibility
- The soulmate myth is Pagan and removes personal responsibility by implying one perfect match completes you.
- Matt explains this leads to idolatry, loss of choice in love, and quitting when flaws appear instead of growing together.
Choose To Love Now Not Wait For It
- Don't wait passively for love; choose to love by willing the good of the other and by asking God to increase charity in you now.
- Erin recalls her conversion where she learned to pray for and generate love rather than expect it to happen.
Love Is A Choice Across Mind And Heart
- Love is defined as willing the good of the other for the other's sake, not merely an emotion.
- Matt emphasizes love must show up across thought, will, and emotion as an integrated model.