Creative Catholicism - The Witch The Priest and The Puppet Maker - Episode 4 - The Risks of Self-Centered Living

In this episode of The Witch, the Priest, and the Puppet Maker, Father James Grant explores the spiritual and social dangers of placing the self at the centre of life. Drawing on the example of Nazi Germany and the moral blindness of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, he considers how self-interest can gradually replace humility, service, truth and ultimately God. He reflects on modern Western culture’s emphasis on self-discovery and self-improvement, asking whether the pursuit of the self has truly made us freer or simply more isolated and dissatisfied. The episode concludes with a call to return to Christ’s essential teaching: to love others with humility and live lives of genuine service.