Quotes:
"The self-possession to be able to see goods that you can't have, to be moved by the beauty of things you cannot possess.” (Connor, 10:40)

"You cannot have everything you want." (Connor, 12:40)

“If the grass is always greaner on the other side, it’s time to water your lawn." (Connor quoting Hennessy, 14:24)

"We get to see the examples of the disciples (in the Acts of the Apostles). They are people living in the reality of the full promises of God in the midst of a fallen world; that's the church, that's what the church looks like." (Michael Metz, 21:20)

"When you see a guy (Walter) who goes through suffering like that, it's a form of worship." (Michael Metz 24:30)

"Suffering is not victorious, Jesus is victorious." (Michael Metz, 24:45)

"You know how it is, Mose." (Connor 27:35)

"Angels can’t suffer. The highest drama in being is in the human heart because we are so vulnerable and yet called to image God in our freedom.” (Connor, 29:55)

Media Mentions:

• Fulton Sheen's Life of Christ
• John 6
• Acts of the Apostles
• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion
• Benedict XVI/ Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ("God writes straight on crooked lines")
• Joshua 24:15
• Not Dead Yet podcast
• Ross Douthat's "How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying"
• John 14:13
• Psalm 23

References: 

• Jumpmaster
• Fort Benning
• 82nd Airborne Division
• D-Day (Normandy)
• Fr. Patrick J. Boyle
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• Aaron (Moses' brother)
• Ben Sasse (former United States Senator)
• Nebraska
• University of Florida
• New York Times

Shout-Outs:

• Walter
• Fr. John Kartje
• Fr. Larry Hennessy

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• Question #1: Do you have a karaoke song that you like to sing? (Emily, 12:28)
• Question #2: What is the most memorable seminary story? (Nate, 14:00)
• Question #3: How many years were you together? (28:10)
• Question #4: How did you decide to become priests? (John, 29:00)
• Question #5: With the richness of the Catholic faith and so many things to learn, where do you even start? (Jill, 49:00)
• Question #6: What is the hardest part of being a priest? (58:35)

Quotes:

”All that we wanted to maintain is that we would spend time in friendship together.” (Michael Metz, 9:10)

“We’re not good enough at life to give solid advice.” (Rob, 11:25)

“The Holy Spirit had brought us together.” (Connor, 16:00)

“The environment that we were formed in began to shape you.” (Michael Metz on Mundelein’s campus, 21:40)

“Jesus called and asked me to be his priest.” (Michael Metz, 29:30)

“The more I lived out the Catholic faith the happier I was.” (Rob, 32:20)

“In trusting Jesus is how we become who we’re supposed to be.” (Rob, 34:25)

“You are trying to love me way more than I am trying to love you.” (Connor on God, 47:00)

“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” (Rob trying to quote Rocky, 50:45)

“You have to be in love with the Christ of the Gospels.” (Connor, 52:00)

“Catholicism is all relational, it’s all from Christ and toward Christ.” (Michael Metz, 56:20)

“Living with a relentless integrity and never letting that go.” (Michael Metz on the hardest part of the priesthood, 58:40)

“Our lives are hidden with Christ in God.” (Connor quoting St. Paul, 1:00:30)

“I believe God’s love is so real, I’m going to stake my whole life on it.” (Michael Metz, 1:03:20)

Media Mentions:

• 3DN S7 Episode 10 (LIVE at SEEK2019)
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Don’t Stop Believin’
• Wagon Wheel
• Rocky movie franchise
• Luke 4:14- 30, John 8:59, John 10:31- 39 (“His hour had not yet arrived”)
• John 20:11-18 (Mary seeing Jesus in the garden after the Resurrection)
• Psalm 63
• Colossians 3:3 (“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”)

References:

• SEEK 2019
• Newman Center at UIC
• FOCUS
• Archdiocese of Atlanta
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fort Bragg
• Pope St. John Paul II Chapel
• Mundelein Seminary
• St. Mary’s Lake
• Holy Land
• canonical retreat
• The Mount of Beatitudes
• Sea of Galilee
• Jameson Irish Whiskey
• John Paul II
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Lincoln, Nebraska
• 30- Day Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Bethany
• Jerusalem
• Aristotle
• John Henry Newman

Shout- outs:

• Willie Jansen
• Bryan Roberts

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Quotes:

“Do you wanna control the future?” (Connor, 7:40)

“Creating a Eucharistic culture- it will bear fruit- but if you aim at the fruit you will make it something weird.” (Connor, 8:00)

“When you start reaching and grasping for joy is when you can’t find it.” (Connor quoting C.S. Lewis, 8:18)

“A lot of what we do is thinly veiled control of the future.” (Mike, 8:40)

“Idols always promise control and a better future and no more suffering.” (Connor, 10:20)

“I love that Palm Sunday is one of the days you get to say ass during the liturgy.” (Mike, 21:39)

“The sacraments are visible signs of the invisible reality. We cannot make invisible things visible by our strategies and teaching methods.” (Connor, 27:00)

“In a world that’s full of death, you have to shout.” (Mike quoting Flannery O’Connor, 27:40)

“My job is not to be a teacher; my job is to be a priest, to offer sacrifice and worship.” (Mike, 28:40)

“I am not God and yet he lives in me in a way that the people need to accept in order that he may do his work.” (Connor, 30:30)

Media Mentions:

• Matthew 16:22
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

References:

• SEEK
• Fort Bragg
• Mundelein Seminary
• SIUE
• UIC
• C.S. Lewis
• Bishop Robert Barron
• San Juan, Peurto Rico
• Dominican Republic
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Luquillo, Peurto Rico
• Hanoi, Vietnam
• Paris, France
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Cancun, Mexico
• Bebop
• Rocksteady
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Flannery O’Connor
• Missionaries of Charity

Shout- Outs:

• The bash bros. (Paul and Anthony)

Glossary:

• kerygma
• moral therapeutic deism
• intersticial
• paso fino
• Orcinus orca (derived from Orcus, Roman god of the underworld)
• clericalism

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Quotes:

“High fives all around for friendship.” (Rob, 4:20)

“Rob’s a really good priest.” (Mike, 9:00)

“I wish I could cry.” (Connor, 10:15)

“I would be ready and willing to accept from God a life of suffering.” (Connor, 28:00)

“Being grown-up is being willing to be interrupted and be put-upon.” (Connor, 30:45)

“Here is a man that words cannot describe. Death could not defeat him nor toil dismay him. He did not fear death, nor did he refuse to live.” (Breviary, 36:45)

“Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” (Psalm 24, 38:00)

“Sitting in the tension of the longing is one of the most frustrating things about being a person.” (Connor, 40:40)

“The only way to Heaven is, we have to die.” (Connor, 41:41)

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21, 42:00)

Media Mentions:

• Napoleon Dynamite
• Super Mario Bros.
• NHL ’94 (Sega Genesis)
• NHL 94 REWIND (Xbox One)
• Super Nintendo
• Blades of Steel (NES)
• Madden NFL
• NBA Jam (1993)
• Guitar Hero
• Halo
• GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64)
• Zelda
• Tony Hawk Pro Skater
• Fortnite
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Dr. Becky Kennedy’s Good Inside

References:

• Blockbuster
• NHL
• Facebook
• Link
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• St. Martin de Tours

Shout-Outs:

• Hess Family
• Drew and Emily Hines
• Matthew and Maggie Truty
• Fr. Tim Anastos
• Fr. Nick Blaha
• Ethan Danstrom
• Kevin Metz
• The bash brothers

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Quotes:

“I try to integrate and circulate each day.” (Connor, 1:47)

“It’s an aspirational thing, to be able to look back at life and realize, ‘God is the author of that story.”’ (Rob, 16:35)

“It’s something really beautiful because he’s allowing himself to be pierced by reality.” (Connor, 20:55)

“John Paull II, the way that he entered into eternal life, it was a real example of how to die well… He kept coming out and being a father and loving on people until the day he died. That’s how you do that.” (Mike, 25:10)

“I am both the one choosing, but I’m also being chosen… God’s choice of me is the one truth that can always be relied on.” (Connor, 31:10)

“Life has continued to get richer… There’s a hope in me that will continue.” (Rob, 37:55)

Media Mentions:

• Dietrich von Hildebrand’s The Heart
• John Mark Falkenhain’s How We Love
• Herman Melville’s Moby Dick

References:

• BFC (Battlefield Circulation)
• West Point
• Walter Reed
• Peyton Manning
• Fort Bragg (Fort Liberty)
• Memphis
• Sisters of Life
• Arizona
• West Point Parachute Team
• Springfield, IL
• Fr. John Kartje
• Plato’s theory of the soul
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• energized affectivity and tender affectivity
• Douglas MacArthur
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Mundelein Seminary
• Hudson River
• Pope John Paul II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Ultimate frisbee
• Captain Ahab
• North Carolina
• Yadkin Road
• 82nd Airborne Division

Shout- Outs:

• Teresa Metz
• Sister Bethany Madonna
• Fr. James D. O’Shea
• Fr. Marty Smith
• Fr. Gus Belauskas
• Fr. Raymond Webb
• Fr. Larry Hennessy
• Fr. Matt

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Quotes:

“I’m more into being than doing.” (Connor, 13:47)

“The priesthood is an identity, it’s not a job.” (Connor, 13:47)

“You’re a Christian with people and you’re a priest for people.” (Mike quoting Barron quoting Augustine, 19:20)

“I’m not excited, but I feel the capacity to go and give myself to it in a faithful way… That’s what freedom looks like.” (Rob, 19:40)

“You have to choose vulnerability in life. You have to consistently choose that.” (Rob, 20:10)

“I’ve been given this gift of priesthood and that’s why I have the capacity to interact in these ways with you.” (Rob, 21:00)

“I am not what I do.” (Connor, 23:55)

“The three people who don’t leave me are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” (Rob quoting Bremer, 26:26)

“The reality of my priesthood is not just a collar that I put on and off. It’s something that I believe Christ marked in my heart forever, so that no matter what I’m doing, I’m still doing chaplain stuff.” (Mike, 29:11)

“There’s no need to justify my existence.” (Mike, 30:40)

“God didn’t create us because he needed some outcomes from us. He made us so we could be in relationship.” (Connor, 35:10)

“When I treat myself as someone who matters, then I start doing what I want…. which is often, things that are generous.” (Connor, 36:00)

“The cult of busyness is selfish.” (Connor, 39:57)

“I feel totally loved and secure in who I am, so I want to share it.” (Connor, 40:00)

“Charitas Christi Urget Nos (The Love of Christ Urges Us Forward).” (42:00)

Gallery:

• Fr. Mike and Fr. Rob canonical retreat with Bishop Robert Barron
• Archdiocese of Atlanta
• Holy Land
• Grocery Shopping
• Phone Case

Media Mentions:

• Seinfeld
• Colossians 2:12
• John 14: 2-4
• Patrick M. Lencioni’s The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team

References:

• Archdiocese of Atlanta
• SEEK 2019
• Mundelein Seminary
• St. John Paul II Newman Center
• Augustine of Hippo
• IPF (The Institute for Priestly Formation)
• RIM (Relationship. Identity. Mission.)
• The Camino de Santiago
• Abraham
• Ur of the Chaldeans
• Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
• Adam and Eve

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Robbie Cotta
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fr. Michael Bremer

Bromides:

• “Be church.”
• “As church, be church.”
• “As church you are to church.”

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Quotes:

“The narrative form of the gospel is really important and actually tells a way better story than anything else that’s being offered.” (Rob, 16:29)

“You are made for something huge, but you have to go small in order for God to work through you.” (Mike, 18:00)

“There is a time when all of this will be in it’s fullness, all in all, unadulterated by sin and pettiness and death.” (Connor, 21:31)

“I’m going somewhere and that’s what’s making the now so beautiful.” (Connor, 25:30)

“The peace of Christ is available now.” (Mike, 26:05)

Media Mentions:

• Rumer Godden’s An Episode of Sparrows
• Dune: Part Two
• Dune: Part One
• Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter
• Star Wars
• The Crown (2016- 2023)
• The Matrix
• Monsignor James Shea at SEEK 2024
• The Christian Cosmic Narrative: The Deep History of the World
• Dear St. Louis
• Canticle: Revelation 4:11, 5:9, 10, 12
• Three Dogs North S5 E9- Word salad (Cubs win the world series)
• Conceptualizing Christ (w/ Barron, Schmitz, and Peterson)

References:

• Fontanos
• Jerusalem
• Chicago
• Chicago Fire (1871)
• The Eucharist
• Norway
• Zendaya
• SEEK 2024
• Fr. John Riccardo
• Marvel
• Adam Wainwright
• Cardinals
• Cubs
• Breviary
• Christ the King
• Escaton
• Main Character Energy
• Kwik-E-Mart
• Indiana
• Honda Accord
• Marathon
• Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
• Fr. Mike Schmitz
• Bishop Robert Barron

Shout- Outs:

• Crystal (from the Newman Center)
• Fr. Robbie Cotta
• Emily Hines
• Fr. Matt

Bromide:

• “Let go and let God.”

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Quotes:

“Each moment has its own unique flavor.” (Mike, 8:15)

“There’s gonna be another day, another enchanted moment, because the world is sacramental.” (Rob, 12:40)

“The sacramental reality is eternal.” (Connor, 16:30)

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” (Rob quoting Andy Bernard, 18:15)

“Here’s the thing, nobody cares.” (Rob, 18:50)

“It feels like it would be insanely ungrateful to be sad it’s over; it was so full.” (Connor quoting Bartosic, 19:45)

“Sometimes… on real cold nights… when I get into bed I will lean over to my wife and say, ‘I’m glad I’m not in Bastogne.”‘ (Connor quoting Band of Brothers Ep.6, 23:00)

“The sacramental worldview allows you to always return to the rock of grace.” (Mike, 23:52)

“Those moments of real encounter with Christ, they are now.” (Mike, 24:00)

“The destination is a person.” (Connor, 25:20)

“He’s drawing everything up into eternity with him.” (Connor, 25:50)

Media Mentions:

• Ethan Hawke’s Rules for a Knight
• The Last Dance
• Band of Brothers (2001 miniseries)

References:

• Ring light
• Denver
• Pot Mountain, Idaho
• 2016 World Series
• Chicago Cubs
• Michael Jordan
• The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9)
• Andy Bernard
• Michael Scott
• Fr. Raymond Webb
• Bishop Mark Bartosic
• El Camino de Santiago
• Fr. Brian Welter (Old Welt Dog)

Shout- Outs:

• Drew Hines
• Jon Kearney
• Monica Mackie
• SIUE FOCUS team (Joseph, Emma, Daniel, and Rachel)
• Fr. Derek Ho
• Julie Johnson

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Quotes:

“They (children) have this compass inside of them that I can’t read for them; I have to love them into reading it themselves and God will guide them.” (Connor, 8:20)

“As a parent, your desire is to educate their freedom.” (Mike, 10:40)

“I was a martyr for the truth.” (Connor, 11:35)

“I’m the perfection of virtue.” (Rob, 14:52)

“What we are talking about is this long slow road toward wholeness and integrity, which is experiencing God’s love and our own goodness in his eyes even in the midst of our imperfections.” (Connor, 21:00)

“As parents you do have to form your children.” (Mike, 23:20)

“Everyone as a free person is responsible for their own life, including your child.” (Connor, 24:30)

“Jesus is never controlling anyone.” (Connor, 29:36)

“Only God can save us. Real peace and real justice comes from total surrender.” (Connor, 30:30)

“We enter into God’s will in the measure that we surrender a perceived result.” (Connor, 32:40)

“Life, when you abandon yourself to it, is not the prosperity gospel.” (Mike, 35:27)

“What my dad and my mom mirrored for me, was reality, which is God.” (Mike, 36:20)

Media Mentions:

• Fr. Jacques Philippe’s Priestly Fatherhood: Treasure in Earthen Vessels
• 3DN S11 E34- Loggerheads (Part 1)
• 3DN S11 E35- Loggerheads (Part 2)
• The Martian (2015)
• Jeremiah 31: 29- 30 “The parents ate unripe grapes…”
• Jesus Calms the Storm (Matthew 8:23- 27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
• Flannery O’Connor’s Revelation (pg. 458 “…even their virtues were being burned away.”)

References:

• FOCUS
• Pender, Nebraska
• Illiopolis, Illinois
• Redwood National Park
• Shaquille O’Neal
• New Work Wednesday
• Benedict Arnold
• Pelagianism
• Edith Stein
• Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Catechism 1831)
• Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Catechism 1832)
• United States Army Jumpmaster School
• Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

Shout- Outs:

• Mike Guenther “The boys around here could use some Three Dogs North.”
• Bliese and Mrs. Bliese
• Yao Ming

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Quotes:

“It’s just you have no integrity. That’s the worst thing I could say about anybody.” (from Calvary, 3:55)

“Integrity is a result of a life lived in truth.” (Connor, 5:05)

“Beauty is the manifestation of truth.” (from Denis McNamara 3DN S11 E12, 5:16)

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” (Matthew 23:19, 9:10)

“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” (from The Sandlot, 12:10)

“Real integrity, you can tell has been cultivated over a lifetime.” (Connor, 16:30)

“A good friend is not a conspirator in our vices.” (Mike quoting a friend, 20:50)

“You’re going to get the work done of one person because you’re one person.” (Connor, 25:45)

“God does manifest his glory through human creativity, but it’s not through the grind.” (Connor, 27:10)

“What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Matthew 16:26, 31:30)

“When a man takes an oath, he’s holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn’t hope to find himself again.” (from A Man for All Seasons, 34:06)

“If you aim at the truth, at Jesus….. you become yourself.” (Connor 36:00)

Media Mentions:

• Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
• Calvary (2014)
• Bobby Jones: Sroke of Genius (2004)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Miracle (2004)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Three Dogs North S11 E60- Formed by the Father (meekness)
• The Death of Stalin (2017)
• Arrested Development (2003- 2006)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• A Hidden Life (2019)
• Shūsaku Endō’s Silence
• Silence (2016)
• Star Wars

References:

• Bobby Jones
• 1925 U.S. Open
• Thomas Aquinas: consonantia, claritas, and integritas
• Brendan Gleeson
• Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
• John the Baptist
• Cardinal Francis George
• Will Smith
• Matt Damon
• Shia LaBeouf
• James Earl Jones
• Babe Ruth
• Aslan
• Fr. Larry Hennessy
• Shakespeare
• “A mortal, sinful human being.”
• Michelangelo
• Sistine Chapel
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Steve Buscemi
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Sir Thomas More
• Bishop Mark Bartosic
• Liam Neeson
• Andrew Garfield
• Adam Driver
• Darth Vader
• Kylo Ren
• Franz Jägerstätter

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Quotes:

“Leaders lead from the front.” (Mike, 7:05)

“I’m the go-to guy… not because it’s “Mike”, but because it’s “Father”, which is always a humbling reality.” (Mike, 9:28)

“Manage to maintain vs actually drive a mission; that’s the difference between a leader and a manager.” (Rob on leadership, 10:45)

“Aim small, miss small.” (Connor, 13:50)

“Jesus is my ultimate horizon.” (Connor 18:20)

“If you’re in communion with the Father then you have his vision, the divine perspective.” (Mike, 23:00)

“I want to help my people to become fully who they were created to be.” (Mike, 25:35)

“People who are holy, whether or not publicly recognized by the church as saints, keep the world from turning into hell.” (Connor quoting Cardinal George, 28:29)

“Life is a moment by moment expression of your identity.” (Connor quoting Whitfield, 30:10)

“Most of us live as if we’re going somewhere, not as if we’ve arrived.” (Connor, 31:10)

“That’s the whole point of Moby Dick. Lisa, the point of Moby Dick is be yourself.” (Rob quoting The Simpsons, 36:02)

“The present is the place where infinite love finds its rays of glory.” (Mike quoting Lewis, 37:20)

“The cemetery is full of indispensable people” (Connor, 42:40)

Media Mentions:

• “They enlarged their phylacteries and lengthened their tassels.” (Matthew 23:5)
• Tod Bolsinger’s Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
• Bob Schuchts’ Be Healed
• Luke 13:18-21
• Charles L. Whitfield’s Healing the Child Within
• The Simpsons S15 E5: The Fat and the Furriest
• C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
• The Simpsons Movie- Whipping Dogs Sledding Scene

References:

• Jumpmaster
• Paratrooper
• JumpMaster Personnel Inspection (JMPI)
• 82nd Airborne Division
• Boy Scouts of America
• Leadership: Vision- Alignment- Accountability
• Cor Coffee
• “Nolite timere”- be not afraid (at the John Paul II Chapel at Mundelein)
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF)
• Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• Shared understanding (from the 7 Principles of Mission Command)
• North American Martyrs
• Twix
• St. Francis of Assisi
• Fr. James Mallon
• Homer

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Quotes:

“Sir, my job is to hold back your testosterone.” (Mike quoting Bliese, 1:50)

“When there is a father present, it brings about the masculine virtues in a positive way.” (Rob, 2:45)

“JPII is like Batman.” (Connor 18:45)

“St. Francis swung the whole world around like a trinket at his wrist.” (Connor on St. Francis, 19:37)

“I would have caused World War III. 100%.” (Mike, 23:00)

“What John Paul II is grieving there is something so sublime. It’s beyond anything you can put into words.” (Connor, 23:30)

“His dad’s hidden love (JPII’s), has now played a part in this great revelation of God’s love for the world.” (Mike, 25:00)

“The holy spirit works in these totally hidden ways.” (Connor, 29:00)

“You don’t have to create an experience or manufacture it. It’s this inexorable unfolding of the kingdom that’s happening and we get to cooperate with it.” (Connor, 29:34)

Media Mentions:

• S11 E8- All man, all priest
• Fr. Jacques Philippe’s Priestly Fatherhood
• Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life
• Matthew 11:29 (“I am meek and humble of heart”)
• Numbers 12:3 (“Now Moses was meek”)
• The Simpsons (1989- present)
• The Simpsons’ S8 E22 In Marge We Trust (“I could probably stand to be meeker.”)
• Holy Family School of Faith
• 1 Peter 5:8 (“Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion.”)
• S11 E8- Descent to the kern
• Mother Mary Francis’ Blessed Are You
• Matthew 5:5 (“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.”)
• George Weigel’s Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
• Elizabeth Pardi’s article on meekness

References:

• Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back (from 12 Rules for Life)
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Ned Flanders
• Reverend Lovejoy
• ChatGPT
• Assumption of Mary
• Afghanistan
• Taliban
• Chicago
• Pope John Paul II
• Homily of His Holiness John Paul II (Victory Square, Warsaw, 2 June 1979)
• Poland
• Krakow
• Warsaw
• Arvada, CO
• Idaho
• S.O.G. Michelle Duppong
• South Dakota
• Denver
• Fr. John Riccardo
• Cardinal Francis George

Shout- Outs:

• Bliese (Mike’s bodyguard)
• Fr. Nathan Goebel

Glossary:

• pater familias: oldest living male in household
• meek: strength that is under control (Rob)
• alter Christus: another Christ

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Quotes:

“Come, Rosa, we’re going for our people.” (quote from Edith Stein, 10:20)

“It just blew her away that Catholics could come and talk to a personal God when they were out shopping.” (Rob, 11:25)

“You are tarnishing your voting record right now. I question everything about your character.” (Rob about Connor, 15:27)

“She has the most precise and correct anthropology of anybody who has ever existed.” (Mike about Stein, 17:25)

“You can see the harmony that exists between the physical body and the actual eternal soul. The way she (Stein) unites the two together is just true.” (Mike, 19:25)

“What is the human person? Is loved by God.” (Mike summarizing Stein, 20:30)

“The cross is the revelation of God’s love.” (Mike, 20:50)

“The body is the physical expression of the eternal invisible soul.” (Mike, 21:34)

“Fear is almost always a useless emotion. The truth is that we are always safe, because we are always a beloved child of God.” (Connor, 23:10)

“It’s not selfish to be aware of my heart’s reactions to things and to be aware of my inner life more, because that’s the only way I can share it with God.” (Connor, 24:40)

“It’s tough to study Edith Stein without also growing in holiness.” (Mike, 26:11)

“In what part of reality are you living?” (Mike, 26:40)

“Experience it (darkness) not as a wall, but as a threshold.” (Rob, 28:40)

Media Mentions:

• The Simpsons (1989- present)
• “Last Exit to Springfield” The Simpsons S4 E17
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005- present)
• Arrested Development (2003- 2019)
• “It’s a good idea and I stand by it.”
• “I got nothing against him, but I’m definitely gonna make orphans of his children.”
• “Large Marge” The Simpsons S14 E4 (“easy there college boy”)
• John Paul II’s Theology of the Body
• St Thomas Aquinas’ Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate (Disputed Questions on Truth)
• Teresa of Avila’s The Way of Perfection
• Edith Stein’s The Science of the Cross
• iBreviary
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Hallow

References:

• Charles Dickens
• Infinite Monkey Theorem
• Mike Tyson
• Edith Stein- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (canonized October 11, 1998)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Martin Heidegger
• Edmund Husserl
• Karol Wojtyla
• Poland
• Germany
• Phenomenology
• The Carmelites
• Auschwitz- Birkenau
• Rosa Stein
• Switzerland
• St. Maximilian Kolbe
• Four women doctors of the church: Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux
• Joe Rogan
• Google
• Cartesian dualism
• Charles Whitfield
• ARRR: Acknowledge, Relate, Receive, Respond

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Michael Bremer
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fr. Marek Duran
• Fr. Mike Warden
• Fr. Dennis Kasule
• Fr. Robbie Cotta
• Jacob
• Bliese (Mike’s bodyguard)

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Quotes:

“Culture without substance is empty.” (Mike, 1:30)

“There’s nothing you can do but kick your horse.” (from Lonesome Dove, 10:45)

“Life is about relationship.” (Mike, 18:09)

“That’s the cross and resurrection. The way to life is death.” (Connor 19:30)

“My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31, 23:15)

“Late have I loved you, beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you. And see, you were within and I was in the external world and sought you there, and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely created things which you made. You were with me, and I was not with you.” (from Augustine’s Confessions, 25:20)

“The ways that we live in “untruth” for some “greater good” can actually mar us and change us.” (Mike, 28:41)

“The framework for the question of growth is off if it’s just about you.” (Rob, 32:50)

“To be the truly human image of God, where you’re an unselfconscious gift to God… that’s holiness… you just have to receive it and step into that river with Jesus.” (Connor, 36:50)

“You’ve answered all my questions because now I’ve seen you.” (Mike, 40:20)

Media Mentions:

• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• A River Runs Through It (1992)
• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Downton Abbey (2010- 2015)
• Art of Manliness Podcast #871: Jane Austen for Dudes
• Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited
• Matt Fradd’s interview with Peter Kreeft
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
• Unbroken (2014)
• Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
• Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
• Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove
• Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
• Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It
• Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild
• The Prodigal Son
• C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Last Supper Discource (John 14- 17)
• Romano Tours – SNL
• Augustine of Hippo’s Confessions
• Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life
• Joe Pug’s After Curfew
• Peter Kreeft’s lecture on Till We Have Faces
• C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces
• Job (38:3)

References:

• Jane Austen
• WWI
• Therese of Lisieux
• Samwise Gamgee (Sam)
• Peter Kreeft
• USS Indianapolis
• John Steinbeck
• University of Chicago
• Montana
• Adam Sandler
• Rule 7: Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient.
• Rule 8: Tell the truth- or at least don’t lie.
• Franz Jägerstätter
• Maximilian Kolbe
• Thomas More
• Pope John Paul II

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Quotes:

“Life with God is not an obligation, but it’s really a gift.” (Mike, 9:10)

“The retreat actually is reality; what we want to do is integrate the rest of your life into that relationship, into that experience.” (Mike, 10:30)

“Every room in their home was clearly about being together.” (Rob about the Martin home, 12:15)

“I want to bring Christ into that world. That’s what the invitation is, bring all of that suffering into Jesus. Even that is not outside of his power and grace.” (Mike, 20:40)

“I just get to love people. That’s my whole job.” (Mike, 21:00)

“Jesus says ‘behold I make all things new’, not ‘behold I make new things’.” (Connor quoting Schmemann, 22:05)

“Nothing is wasted. It’s all ingredients somehow in this ultimate project of joy.” (Connor, 23:20)

“He has assumed all of our humanity and now we donate our humanity to him to become transfigured and glorified.” (Connor, 23:36)

“I’m not on to save people, I’m on to love people.” (Rob quoting Mike, 25:29)

“The Christian is to the world what the soul is to the body.” (letter to Diognetus, 35:10)

“My prerogative is to treat everyone with equal love and equal dignity.” (Mike, 38:20)

Media Mentions:

• Ned Schneebly
• School of Rock (2003)
• C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra
• Jean Corbon’s The Wellspring of Worship
• Corinthians
• Genesis
• Revelation
• Romans
• Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47
• Diognetus’ letter
• When you Wish Upon a Star
• Dumb and Dumber (1994)

References:

• Alexander Schmemann
• Jack Black
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Life Teen
• Georgia
• Alençon, France
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux 
• Sts. Zelie and Louis Martin
• Madison Street Chicago
• Chicago “L”
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Missionaries of Charity
• El Salvador
• Nicaragua
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Cardinal Francis George
• All American Chapel
• Jiminy Cricket
• Gepetto
• Fort Bragg

Glossary:

• “Instaurare omnia in Christo.” (To restore all things to Christ.)
• “Creatio ex nihilo.” (Creation out of nothing)

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Quotes:

“The kingdom of God is just coming.” (Rob quoting Connor, 8:37)

“You just have to feel what you feel.” (Rob, 9:00)

“Reality is hard, but it’s better.” (Rob, 9:20)

“Everything in Heaven is so much more real.” (Connor, 12:15)

“When you live in reality and enter into the liturgy it becomes immediately relevant and pertinent because it’s God’s desire to save us and walk with us in our suffering.” (Mike, 13:50)

“God’s responsive love to the suffering human heart.” (Mike, 14:20)

 “How much of a gift it is to be a priest and have Jesus explode your heart for people.” (Connor, 21:30)

“Christianity is real and it’s dope.” (Connor, 22:40)

“It’s good to be a priest.” (Mike, 26:00)

“It’s so good to have everybody home.” (Rob, 27:50)

Media Mentions:

• Revelation Chapter 21
• Word on Fire’s Evangelization and Culture (“Suffering” Spring 2023)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
• John 13 (The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet)
• Nate Bargatze (dead horse)
• Snatch (2000)

References:

• St. John Paul II Newman Center
• Good Friday
• Holy Week
• RIM: Relationship. Identity. Mission.
• IPF (The Institute for Priestly Formation)
• Michelle Duppong
• FOCUS: The Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• Gummy worms
• Milano Cookies
• iBreviary
• Calendar App
• Maps
• PETA Twitter
• Dodge Caravan

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Paul Porter
• Smalanick

Glossary:

• Dromedary
• Caravan

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Quotes:

“I am not alone. It’s not just on me to create the meaning of my life. This is not all there is.”  (Connor, 23:10)

“Jesus seems to rectify and provide a lived reality that you don’t have to rebel against everything in order to fully actualize your humanity.” (Mike, 25:10)

“She (St. Therese) only wants reality and what her human limits allow. She has no problem being limited by her humanity.” (Rob, 26:50)

“It’s impossible for Jesus to will useless suffering.” (Connor quoting St. Therese, 28:50)

“God is out there, in the desert with you.” (Connor, 31:30)

“We’re not at the promised land yet, but we are there, in those moments of Kiaros.” (Connor, 32:51)

“What gives me life is living within Christ and then responding to the reality with Him that’s in front of me.” (Connor, 40:40)

“Part of what’s been great about life is that it’s not what I expected.” (Connor, 41:20)

Media Mentions:

• Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Fr. Brett Brannen’s To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood
• Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz’s Trump: The Art of the Deal
• Fr. Rob Johnson’s articles for Word on Fire
• Fr. Michael Metz’s articles for Word on Fire
• Fr. Connor Danstrom’s articles for Word on Fire
• Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning
• Jean Corbon’s The Wellspring of Worship
• C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair
• Megan Ulrich’s Untitled
• Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina

References:

• Jordan B. Peterson
• Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE)
• St. Therese of Lisieux
• Konstantin Levin
• Rev. Daniel S. Siwek (homiletics)

Bromides:

“The youth are the future.”

“We’re building tomorrow’s church, today.”

“Senior citizens are our past.”

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Quotes:

“Engagement with that kind of poverty… the truly untouchable, Mother Teresa so radically went to them and was willing to be affected by them in a way that I resist.” (Connor, 10:42)

“You go into some of those rooms (at the gift of grace house) and it engages all of your humanity; it’s a very tangible experience of the “marginalized”.” (Mike, 18:00)

“Mother Teresa enters into that discomfort in this really remarkable way that can be intimidating.” (Mike, 18:35)

“You have no lifelines there (with the poor); you’re totally dependent on God.” (Mike, 19:10)

“Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” (Mike quoting his siblings, 20:40)

“The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” (Connor quoting Pope Benedict XVI, 22:15).

“What she (Mother Teresa) was up to was not solving world hunger, the goal of what she was doing was communion with God… What was driving her, from the beginning, was a desire to be with Jesus and where she rested at the end of her day was in the company of Jesus.” (Connor, 24:30)

“The MCs are so joyful…. They are not spiritually intimidating; they are spiritually disarming.” (Mike, 26:50)

“It’s the circumstances I find myself in, that’s God’s will for me and that’s what she (Mother Teresa) would want me to do.” (Connor, 31:40)

“She (Mother Teresa) was disarming because in her own freedom, she was able to love the person in front of her.” (Rob, 36:00)

Media Mentions:

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Pride and Prejudice (2005)
• Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
• Mother Teresa: No Greater Love (2022)
• Mother Mary Francis’ Blessed Are You
• Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody

References:

• LaCroix
• FOCUS missionaries
• Our Lady’s Sandlot
• Jane Goodall
• M. Night Shyamalan
• Double Dark Chocolate Milano
• Schnucks
• Faith, Hope, and Charity Catholic Church
• St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
• PSR (Parish School of Religion)
• St. Therese of Lisieux
• Missionaries of Charity Gift of Grace House in Atlanta, GA
• Missionaries of Charity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago
• St. Pope John Paul II
• Kolkata, India
• St. Francis and the leper
• Teresa of Avila

Shout-outs:

• Maria Fitzgerald
• John Iberle
• Teri (Fr. Connor’s sister-in-law)
• Anna Therese (Fr. Rob’s niece)
• Teresa (Fr. Mike’s sister)

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Quotes:

“It’s not morality that makes someone a saint.” (Rob, 6:15)

“God desires for us to be saints. It’s not enough for us to behave properly; He wants a transformation of the heart.” (Mike, 7:50)

“The desire on our hearts is that someone will crash land for us or that I will crash land for someone else… it calls to a deeper part of our humanity.” (Mike, 8:45)

 “What makes a saint is not moral virtue, but union with God.” (Connor, 11:25)

 “You become who you are and who you are meant to be in the measure that you receive your being from Him.” (Connor, 12:15)

“You’ve been set free as children of God.” (Connor, 12:40)

“What God wants is to simply enjoy you, to enjoy being with you” (Connor, 22:50)

“He can be anywhere He wants to be and He wants to be with us.” (Connor quoting Cardinal George, 27:50)

“God’s desire for us is to be with us.” (Connor, 28:35)

“He continues to crash land to get me… it’s often in those disasters that I feel least abandoned because I have to completely rely on grace and ask for His help and He provides it.” (Connor, 41:20)

Media Mentions:

• Devotion (2022)
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
• Matthew 5:17 (fulfill the law)
• Matthew 5-7 (The Sermon on the Mount)
• Matthew 7:13 (narrow gate)
• Galatians 2:11- 3:14 (The just man shall live by faith)
• Genesis 37:3 (Joseph)
• Luke 15:11-32 (Prodigal Son)
• 3DN S11 E32- The fourth port (2022 Three North Hangout)
• 3DN S11 E27- Invitation to joy (Connor gets a dumb phone)

References:

• Glen Powell
• Jesse Brown
• Office of Readings
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fr. Jim Rafferty
• IPF (The Institute for Priestly Formation)
• chasuble: symbol of charity/”Yoke of Christ”
• RIM: Relationship. Identity. Mission.
• North American Martyrs
• Cardinal Francis George

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Quotes:

“I cannot tell you how deeply I was impressed with this scenery so full of poetry and grandeur. It was a foretaste of the wonders of Heaven. Then the thought of religious life would come before me, as it really is, with its constraints and its little daily sacrifices made in secret. I understood how easily one might become wrapped in self and forget the sublime end of one’s vocation, and I thought: “Later on, when the time of trial comes, when I am enclosed in the Carmel and shall only be able to see a little bit of sky, I will remember this day and it will encourage me.” (Connor quoting The Story of a Soul: Chapter VI, 3:10).

“Here’s hoping that you probably like this.” (Rob, 4:55)

 “We have a desire as men to not live in the pretend fake world, but to live in reality; that is costly, but it’s so much more substantial.” (Connor, 9:05)

“I’d much rather be a real person who loves real people.” (Connor, 11:00)

“I can use my words to build someone up, which is actually a cooperation with the creative word of God.” (Mike, 12:30)

“It’s safer in the longterm to constantly live in the truth because reality will break through eventually.” (Mike, 12:54)

“She (St. Therese) suffered the violence of grace in the most ordinary moments.” (Rob, 17:52)

“Therese lived fully in the moment while looking completely to Heaven, which isn’t the future, it was reality.” (Mike, 19:23)

“The more real you become to yourself and others the less you are interested in people not being real to you.” (Connor, 25:14)

 “You are one of a kind, but you’re not the center of the universe and you don’t need to be.” (Connor, 36:17)

Media Mentions:

• St. Therese of Lisieux’s The Story of a Soul
• Rule 8: Tell the truth. Or at least don’t lie. (from Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life)
• Three Dogs North S11 E51
• Carrie Underwood’s Jesus, Take the Wheel
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Athos (2016)
• Discerning Hearts Podcast (Fr. Timothy Gallagher)
• The Simpsons- Stupid Babies Need the Most Attention
• Heather King’s Shirt of Flame

References:

• Twitter
• Elon Musk
• St. Therese of Lisieux
• Rome
• Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto, Italy
• Mary
• Paris
• Switzerland
• Carmel
• Jordan B. Peterson
• Dietrich von Hildebrand
• Flannery O’Connor
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson
• Hanukkah
• The Shire

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Paul Porter
• Fr. Timothy Gallagher
• Ross (Rob’s brother)

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Quotes:

“Because she was innocent, it didn’t make her less prepared for reality, it made her more prepared to see things as they are.” (Connor quoting Mike, 28:00)

“Innocence allows you to experience a thing as it is and it oftentimes leads to wonder.” (Mike, 30:05)

Media Mentions:

• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Truman Show (1998)
• Band of Brothers (2001)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• Joan of Arc, Wonder Woman, and the Veiled Strength of Femininity (w/ Fr. Mike)
• Fury (2014)

References:

• Arc de Triomphe
• Veduta dell’Arco di Tito
• Spain
• Immediate Response Force
• 82nd Airborne Division
• Airheads
• Klondike Bar
• Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
• Rex Kwon Do
• Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk
• Geronimo
• 10th Mountain Division
• 101st Airborne Division
• Rakkasans
• E Company, 2nd Battalion (“Easy” company)
• D-Day
• Chicago, IL
• Diocese of Owensboro (Kentucky)
• AirBnb
• Oklahoma
• St. Joan of Arc
• Wonder Woman

Shout- Outs:

• Paul Porter

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Quotes:

“Is our brain just the hardware that the software of the consciousness is uploaded to?” (Connor, 11:20)

“I think computers are always going to be trying to express what humans would say.” (Mike, 17:27)

Media Mentions:

• Return to Me (2000)
• Three Dogs North’s S11 E22- Window into Heaven (spoileralertshedies)
• NPR’s This American Life- The Ghost in the Machine (757)
• John Searle’s Minds, Brains, & Science
• John Chapter 1
• C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy: Perelandra
• Men in Black (1997)
• The Office: Cafe Disco
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Discerning Hearts Podcast
• Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Letter to His Friends and Family
• Fury (2014)
• Three Dogs North S11 E49
• Isaiah 6:8

References:

• Michelangelo
• Chips Ahoy
• Pepperidge Farm Double Dark Chocolate Milano Cookies
• David Duchovny
• Minnie Driver
• Jim Belushi
• Bonnie Hunt
• Top 100 Pro- Catholic Movies
• The Rosary
• Joe Pug
• Unity Temple (Oak Park, Illinois)
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• The Turing Test
• The Chinese Room
• Walker Percy
• Triadic creature
• Elwin Ransom
• Skynet
• Christian Bale
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• St. Therese of Lisieux
• St. Zelie Martin
• St. John Henry Newman
• Marie Pauline Martin
• Pier Giorgio Frassati
• Shia LaBeouf
• Howitzer
• Germany
• World War II
• 3rd Infantry Division (based at Fort Stewart, GA)

Shout- Outs:

• The Enthusiast Digest (Joe Pug Newsletter)
• Fr. Scott Harter
• New Work Wednesday (Megan Ulrich Newsletter)
• Fr. Paul Porter
• Fr. Timothy Gallagher

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Quotes:

“I’m always thinking about getting gored.” (Mike, 7:20)

“You don’t get maturity without someone to help you mature and initiate you.” (Connor, 11:23)

“If this were the 90s we’d be playing with baseballs and headshots would be encouraged.” (Connor quoting Matt Alexander, 12:25)

“Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” (quote from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 14:29)

“I think we actually need people there to be mystagogues, to walk with you into a mystery.” (Mike, 17:40)

“I want the future to be analog.” (Rob, 18:21)

“The Lord put the right people in my way and they cared about me and loved me.” (Mike, 25:40)

“The sabbath is made for man not man for the sabbath.” (Connor, 29:35)

“There’s something about a father who does not cling to what he has, but gets to share that freely.” (Mike, 32:40)

“It’s okay to pass on the kingdom, that’s what we’re supposed to do.” (Mike, 33:20)

“Look, I called my mom earlier and she said I was so handsome, so it doesn’t matter what you think.” (Mike, 34:40)

Media Mentions:

• Season Four of Three Dogs North
• YouTube
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Star Wars
• Forrest Gump
• Three Dogs North S10 E21

References:

• Chicago Cubs (2016 World Series win)
• Thanksgiving 2022
• Bird Flu (outbreak started in 2015)
• Donald Trump
• Advent (2022)
• Mundelein Seminary
• Bishop Robert Barron
• St. John Paul II Newman Center at UIC
• Army
• Professor Albus Dumbledore
• Obi- Wan Kenobi
• Luke Skywalker
• Yoda
• Forrest Gump

Shout-Outs:

• Juice-Box (Rob’s nephew)
• Fr. Matt Alexander
• Bishop Mark Bartosic

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Quotes:

“When Chuck Norris falls into water, he doesn’t get wet the water gets Chucked.” (Rob, 7:55)

“You do you, but that’s not me.” (Rob, 9:10)

“The boogeyman checks under his bed for Chuck Norris.” (Mike, 9:24)

“How’s Mormonism treating you?” (Anonymous, 12:49)

“We’ve been doing this for so long we can start repeating stories and nobody will know.” (Mike, 24:13)

“It’s one of my great stories. It’s one that I laughed hard at too, which is nice.” (Connor, 24:19)

“I talk to the customers so the engineers don’t have to.” (Connor quoting Office Space, 28:15)

 “It’s a revelation of the person when you get to watch someone deep deep belly laugh.” (Mike, 35:00)

“To have someone’s capacity to enjoy another person expressed, it’s deeper than words… it’s an authentic response to something.” (Mike, 38:40)

 “As the kids say, neat-o.” (Fidel Jesus, 39:50)

“There’s something delightful in delighting in someone.” (Connor, 40:28)

“It’s important not to canonize the person (at their funeral), we’re here to pray for them.” (Rob, 41:10)

Media Mentions:

• Connor Danstrom’s Blue and Gold Days
• Connor Danstrom’s Why the Water Came
• Baptism of Jesus
• Plato’s The Republic
• Rudy (1993)
• Office Space (1999)
• St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
• SNL’s Stand- Up and Win
• 3DN S11 E47 (The Screwtape Letters)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)
• A Quiet Place (2018)

References:

• iMessage
• iPhone
• Bandcamp
• Chicago, IL
• The Second City
• Uber
• Norm Macdonald
• Chuck Norris
• National Eucharistic Revival
• Kalamazoo, MI
• St. Augustine Cathedral
• Mormons
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Jim Gaffigan
• Nate Bergatze
• Bill Maher
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Super 8 Camera
• Goofy
• Utah
• Mel Gibson
• Judas Iscariot

Shout- Outs:

• Tony Napolitano
• Bishop Mark Bartosic
• Fr. Adam Wilczak
• Fr. Paul (IPF)
• Fidel Jesus

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Quotes:

“By the way, tell me how good I’m doing on the podcast.” (Mike, 3:55)

 “What do you think Jesus thinks about that?” (Mike quoting Fr. Brian Welter, 6:50)

“I could totally fail and the Lord would still so love me.” (Mike, 7:50)

“I want to live with the Lord.” (Mike, 8:20)

“It was a really cool experience to be saved from something that was less than the mind of Jesus.” (Mike, 8:30)

“Humility is telling the truth about yourself.” (Connor quoting Fr. Tim Anastos, 10:45)

“I like drawing, I like dinosaurs, and I like myself.” (Connor quoting Donovan, 11:55)

“Pope Francis defines sin as forgetting.” (Rob, 23:08)

Media Mentions:

• 30 Rock (2006- 2013)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Weight of Glory
• Matthew 25: 23
• C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
• C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair
• Three Dogs North’s S11 E22- Window into Heaven (spoileralertshedies)
• Exodus Chapter 32 (The Golden Calf)
• Hot Rod (2007)
• Parks and Recreation (2009- 2015)- Ben’s Claymation

References:

• Tina Fey
• Liz Lemon
• Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery (Spring Lake, NC)
• Fort Bragg, NC
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Mundelein

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Brian Welter
• Fr. Tim Anastos
• Rev. Marek Duran
• Fr. Emery de Gaal
• Jamie Mueller
• Fr. Scott Harter 

Glossary:

• Eucatastrophe: “A massive turn in fortune from a seemingly unconquerable situation to an unforeseen victory, usually brought by grace rather than heroic effort.”
• Anamnesis: “The recollection or remembrance of the past.”
• Betrayal: “When you realize that reality is not as you thought it was.” (Mike, 13:00)

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Quotes:

“May this time tonight be enchanted.” (Rob, 1:00)

“Maybe I found the natural HGH that is going to have me Brett Favring well into my 40s” (Connor, 3:37)

“I’m all excited! I hope you enjoyed it too…. I love you!” (Connor quoting Bill Alexander, 8:02)

“You can recognize excellence in different art forms, even if you aren’t familiar with the art form itself.” (Mike, 9:06)

“I am more alive because I am creating.” (Connor on Bill Alexander, 10:20)

“The evil one will always try to dampen the experience of both pleasure and pain in a human being, because both of those things put you in reality and allow you to see clearly.” (Rob, 12:00)

“When you see somebody that loves something and does it excellently, it’s very beautiful.” (Mike, 14:05)

“The happiness of the saints is an experience of the heart not of the mind.” (Connor, 18:40)

“The point of life is to enjoy God.” (Connor summarizing Connolly, 23:04)

“A saint is someone who is passionate about the right thing.” (Mike, 25:30)

“When you live out of the head you become a spectator of your own life…. When it’s not just drudgery, that’s when we lose ourselves and become children again.” (Connor 26:00)

Media Mentions:

• SportsCenter Special: Gruden’s QB Camp — Brett Favre
• Mountain River by Bill Alexander
• The Last Dance (2020)
• C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
• C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
• William A. Barry and William J. Connolly’s The Practice of Spiritual Direction
• Fr. Jean Corbon’s The Wellspring of Worship

References:

• Make Squats Deep Again
• Glucosamine
• Brett Favre
• Minnesota Vikings
• Jon Gruden
• Las Vegas Raiders
• LeBron James
• Bob Ross
• Bill Alexander
• Will Ferrell
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• August 29th: The Passion of St. John the Baptist
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Beatific Vision)
• Idaho
• National Basketball Association
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Michael Bremer
• Paloma Metz

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Quotes:

“Hot yoga is very difficult and I am becoming extremely limber.” (Mike, 1:42)

“Forest Gump is absolutely lovable and very attractive because he is both unveiled and good.” (Mike, 18:39)

“I think that’s part of why it’s so hard to be unveiled, because if I unveil myself then I actually have to confront what’s going on in my heart and if that’s not healed and made whole then there is a lot of stuff that will come out.” (Mike, 19:50)

“There is something about the simplicity of a child that makes them also very vulnerable.” (Connor, 22:19)

“Joy is a by-product of being in communion with God.” (Connor summarizing Lewis, 26:40)

“We point to the eschaton.” (Mike, 27:37)

“You can’t avoid the tragedy of life.” (Mike, 35:00)

“HOLD ME!” (Mary Anne, 39:18)

“You can’t go out and fight dragons unless you have a mom and a dad who love you.” (Connor, 40:15)

“Come to me, I can handle it.” (Connor, 41:01)

Media Mentions:

• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Evangelization & Culture
• Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden
• Coventry Patmore’s The Toys
• Three Dogs North’s S11 E22- Window into Heaven (spoileralertshedies)
• David After Dentist
• Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot
• Mother Mary Francis’ Blessed Are You
• Matthew 11
• C.S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy
• Powder (1995)
• The Apostle (1997)

References:

• U.S. Army
• Idaho
• Netflix
• Word on Fire
• England
• YouTube
• New York
• Boston
• Mary
• Wichita, KS
• Attachment Theory
• Tennessee
• Robert Duvall

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Scott Harter
• Connor’s nephew
• Mallory Klaas
• Fr. Isaac Coulter
• Connor’s friend P.J. and family (Mary Anne, Margie)
• Daniel Sahyouni

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Quotes:

“Just because you live a different life, which does exclude you from certain things, that doesn’t mean you’re alone.” (Mike, 11:50)

“The most important things in your life are seen only by God.” (Connor, 13:15)

“I’m thankful that God has made me love being a priest and not fear that I’m missing something; I am missing something, but it’s a blessing to do so.”  (Connor, 17:18)

“Fear of the future is a lack of trust in the present.” (Mike, 32:45)

“The Lord wants to be in communion with you.” (Connor, 35:15)

“Our vocation is to help unify the bride and the bridegroom.” (Connor, 36:53)

Media Mentions:

• The Office (S4 E1/2)
• Matthew 14:22
• C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters
• Matthew 6:34

References:

• Buffalo Trace
• Michael Angelo’s
• Lean Cuisine
• Powerade
• Gatorade
• FOCUS: the Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• CTA: Chicago Transit Authority
• NBA Playoffs
• Atlanta Braves
• IPF: Institute for Priestly Formation
• Wisconsin
• Mexico
• U.S. Air Force
• Army ROTC
• Feast of the Sacred Heart
• California
• Marble Mountain Wilderness
• University of Montana
• Brita Water Filters
• Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Michel Lotito (the man who ate an airplane piece by piece)
• Guinness World Records

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Brian Welter
• Fr. Jim Rafferty
• Fr. Zach Weber

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Quotes:

“The only reason God gives us something to do is to draw us close to Him and share his joy.” (Connor, 3:07)

 “The impossibility of the task frees you from the lie that comes along with the task… You have to give it away and parent the way the Lord is asking you to parent.” (Mike, 7:20- 8:20)

“Parishioners are not blood sucking insects.” (Connor, 9:58)

“If I’m serving the record, the list of things I’ve done for God rather than God, then I’m only thinking about myself rather than being responsive to reality.” (Connor, 10:30)

“You cannot do this job perfectly, so don’t think that’s the object of the game.” (Connor, 11:10)

 “Something I said really struck me.” (Mike, 14:15)

“Where you stand actually shapes what you’re looking at and the proper place to stand is with Christ.” (Mike, 17:14)

“At the Mass the altar is Christ.” (Mike quoting Dr. Denis McNamara, 18:00)

“My whole priesthood, I just wanna stand here. All these other things can come and go, but as long as I’m standing at this altar I think the rest will take care of itself.” (Mike, 18:18)

“Blessed are those who mourn. You’re not lost in your sadness, it stimulates you to be a more generous person. Your heart is pierced and therefore open to others.” (Connor, 26:26)

“Prayer is not something we do, it’s something God does in us.” (Connor quoting Thomas Merton, 31:30)

“I think the invisible reality is more real than the visible reality.” (Connor, 35:30)

Media Mentions:

• Matthew 10:16
• Three Dogs North S11 E5- I need you to see this (The Two Standards meditation)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Joseph Ratzinger’s Introduction to Christianity
• Steve Angrisano’s Go Make a Difference
• Three Dogs North S11 E42- Tangibly fruitful
• Matthew 28:19
• Nacho Libre (2006)
• Thirst for Souls: The Michelle Duppong Story
• Train’s Hey, Soul Sister
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)

References:

• The Lost Boys
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Alaska
• Francis Bacon
• The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)
• Lincoln, NE
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America
• Chicago, IL
• Santa Barbara, CA

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Thomas Byrne
• Drew Hines
• Emily Hines
• Martha Griswold
• Fr. Scott Harter
• Fr. Derek Ho
• Monsignor Gregory K. Ketcham
• Mallory Klaas

Glossary:

• ribald: referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way
• quietism: in general, holds that perfection consists in passivity (quiet) of the soul, in the suppression of human effort so that divine action may have full play.

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Quotes:

“There’s an aspect of simplicity and trying to do things very well (in living a Christian life). So my life feels less divided.” (Rob, 9:45)

“Me going down to visit you in November and giving a talk, regardless of whether it makes a million converts or all it is, is two dudes hanging out, it seems to be an invitation from God. It’s a good. It’s focusing on the relationship as the end and then the mission part flows out of it.” (Connor, 12:20)

“Happiness is one of those strange birds, you don’t hit it by aiming at it.” (Connor misquoting Chesterton’s Fr. Brown, 13:36)

“The point of spiritual direction, as all of life, is the enjoyment of God.” (Connor’s summary of The Practice of Spiritual Direction, 16:57)

“The goal of my life is to be in communion and enjoy God.” (Connor, 17:25)

“Even when I’m cutting my hair and doing my laundry I’m a priest. I belong to Jesus. That’s the point of my life.” (Connor, 18:00)

“The thing about God is that He always tells you the truth.” (Connor, 18:20)

“The things that have brought me peace and joy and freedom is returning to keeping the first things first.” (Mike, 20:04)

“Sooner or later, we enjoy only souls” (from Letters to Young Men as cited in The Priest is Not His Own, 31:41)

“If you’re receiving from the Lord, that’s your place of communion. God being the creator and us being the creature. Then you can receive everything as a gift. And then your day and your ministry is now a gift.” (Mike, 34:46)

“Charitas Christi Urget Nos (The Love of Christ Urges Us Forward)” (40:00)

Media Mentions:

• Daily Affirmation: Michael Jordan – SNL
• More Cowbell – SNL
• Gap Girls- SNL
• Evil Boss- SNL
• Zoolander (2001)
• Will Ferrell’s SNL Audition
• Matt Foley: Van Down by the River
• Get in the Cage with Nicolas Cage- SNL
• Band of Brothers
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• William A. Barry and William J. Connolly’s The Practice of Spiritual Direction
• Matthew 4:19
• Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
• The Simpsons (1989- present)
• Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire’s Letters to Young Men
• Fulton J. Sheen’s The Priest is Not His Own
• Matthew Levering’s The Abuse of Conscience

References:

• Joe Pug
• LeBron James
• National Basketball Association
• Al Franken (Stuart Smalley)
• Michael Jordan
• Saturday Night Live
• Chris Farley
• David Spade
• Will Ferrell (Mugatu)
• Harry Caray
• Christina Applegate (not Alicia Silverstone)
• Jimmy Fallon
• Tom Hardy
• James McAvoy
• Professor X
• St. Louis Cardinals
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• AirBnb
• Lucky Charms
• U.S. Army
• Homer Simpson
• St. Paul
• Dr. Reinhard Hutter

Shout-Outs:

• Fr. Walter Ciszek
• Fr. Tim Anastos
• Nathan Thompson
• Fr. Brian Welter

Glossary:

• Pontifex: member of a council of priests
• Sacred Synaxis: an assembly for public worship and prayer (i.e. Mass)

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Quotes:

“You just have to be there with people. It seems like the Lord has set up a bunch of moments and if you just show up and you follow Him, He’s gonna make stuff happen. I just simply show up and hang out with soldiers and next thing I know we’re having great, real deal conversations.” (Mike, 6:03)

“A lot of those priestly moments, where you’re working with people on existential and spiritual margins and trying to navigate that terrain, to be able to walk with them and guide them in those rare, sacred moments. They pop up all the time… I think that’s where they live. (Mike, 6:45)

“The possibility of war and violence and death are on the front of their minds frequently and you can either become numb to it or you can try to rassle with a lot of that stuff.” (Mike, 7:25)

“Jesus is a soldier in you. He’s an officer in the U.S. Army, offering His body, blood, soul and divinity for these people serving our country this way.” (Connor, 12:20)

“The meat is the star. You are not the star. So I’ve been trying to let the meat be the star.” (Connor, 19:30)

Media Mentions:

• Good Morning; Vietnam (1987)

References:

• Mike’s 4 Year Priesthood Anniversary
• The Rosary
• Fort Lewis (Washington)
• The Sorrowful Mysteries
• Howitzer
• 3DN S11 E39- Gooey center
• Lean Cuisine
• St. John Paul II Newman Center at UIC
• Spirit II E-210 Gas Grill
• 82nd Airborne Division

Shout- Outs:

• Derek

Bromides:

• “I’m not adulting very well.”
• “Our hands are like pillows. They’re for chalices not calluses.”

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Quotes:

“Conservatism starts from a sentiment that all mature people can readily share: the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created.” (Roger Scruton, 13:15)

“There was a stability and order present in my family, which allowed me as a kid to have the freedom to play in this creative way.” (Mike, 16:50)

“Kids cannot learn, they cannot grow, they cannot mature unless they know they are safe.” (Connor summarizing Fr. William Wasson, 20:18)

“As I’ve grown up, I’ve become even more cognizant of my responsibility to build structure in which other people can play.” (Connor, 24:53)

”As a priest, you have to be part of the edifice. You have to quit only playing in it and actually start to be a part of it; to be part of the stronghold as a part of Christ’s body.” (Mike, 29:00)

Media Mentions:

• Top Gun (1986)
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
• Mission: Impossible (1996- 2024)
• Robert Coram’s Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

References:

• Tom Cruise
• Grumman F-14 Tomcat
• U.S. Navy Blue Angels
• University of St. Mary of the Lake/ Mundelein Seminary
• Navy Pier
• AJC Peachtree Road Race 2022
• Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky
• Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell
• Jordan B. Peterson
• Five Factor Model of Personality
• NPH

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Emery de Gaal
• Fr. William Wasson

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Quotes:

“I’ve felt a pull to strive for a Christian life, which tangibly looks like sharing more meals and doing smaller things that actually produce real friendships.” (Rob, 4:12)

“The charism of the diocesan priesthood is being a man at prayer who is in the world.” (Connor, 6:20)

“We’re saved in community.” (Mike, 13:50)

“Desiring to share life, because life is a blessing.” (Rob, 15:35)

“Faith: the place where you are most firmly grounded.” (Mike on Ratzinger, 24:15)

“I don’t have to make meaning, I just have to continue to stand with God and the proper meaning will unfold.” (Mike, 25:30)

Media Mentions:

• Rocky (1976)
• Joseph Ratzinger’s Introduction to Christianity
• John 15
• Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop

References:

• Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Ignatian Spirituality
• Benjamin Franklin
• Ernest Shackleton
• Theology of the Eucharist
• The Marvelous Exchange
• Drumstick®

Shout- Outs:

• Fr. Thomas Baima
• Fr. Emmanuel Torres-Fuentes
• Fr. Rey Pineda
• Dr. Denis McNamara
• Fr. Emery de Gaal

Bromides:

• “Pound ground to gain ground.”
• “Steady gains.”
• “Live your best life.”
• “I could be better than I am if I just worked harder.”
• “Need a little we time.”

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Quotes:

“The pathologizing of evil is so tempting because you can always make an excuse for people when they do bad, but there are forces in the world that simply do evil for evil’s sake and therefore at some point you will simply need to fight it.” (Connor, 11:10)

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart.” (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 11:50)

“The Lord allows clarity to come in over time, consistency, and fidelity.” (Mike, 14:11)

“You don’t have to figure it out, God will reveal it in His own time.” (Mike, 17:41)

“That’s where the battles lines are: do you want to be free? Because Jesus wants you to be free. The important thing to Him is not that you get the right answer, but that you trust Him.” (Connor, 18:32)

Media Mentions:

• Ross Carter’s Les Démons du Ciel
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Vanilla Ice’s Ninja Rap
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991)
• C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters
• Collect for Ash Wednesday
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago
• Three Dogs North S11 E10- Keep the edge

References:

• Cumming, GA
• Fort Bragg, NC
• 82nd Airborne Division
• 504th Infantry Regiment (Red Devils, White Devils, Blue Devils)
• Eudaimonia
• Aristotle
• Diabolical
• Satanás
• Shredder
• Splinter
• Bebop
• Rocksteady
• Arnold Bernid “Casey” Jones
• St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Ignatian Indifference
• Nazgûl (Ringwraiths)

Shout- Outs:

• Linda Couri

Bromides:

• Let go and let God.
• You can do anything if you have the faith.

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Quotes:

“The way the Eucharistic faith will be revitalized is not through us being really smart or eloquent, but by putting our own oxygen masks on first: praying Holy Hours in front of the Blessed Sacrament, devotion to the celebration of the Mass, Eucharistic reverence, and care of the poor.” (Connor, 9:55)

“Humility is freedom.” (Connor, 12:58)

“We committed to two things for next year: We’re going to live the sabbath in a biblical way and everything that we do has to be done with excellence, that’s it.” (Rob, 15:55)

“I don’t want to have attachments to my own agendas, but actually discover things as I go, which means I need to have the freedom to follow where life unfolds.” (Mike, 20:57)

“Whose voice is that, because it’s not God’s.” (Rob, 24:30)

Media Mentions:

• National Eucharistic Revival
• Mark 6
• The Simpsons (1989- present)
• Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature, and Theology (Eds. Trevor Hart and Ivan Khovacs)

References:

• Scott Thompson (Carrot Top)
• USCCB
• Pew Research Center (on Transubstantiation)
• Bishop Robert Joseph Lombardo (Archdiocese of Chicago)
• Bishop Andrew Cozzens (Diocese of Crookston)
• Fr. Jorge Torres
• XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress
• National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 17- 21, 2024)
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fr. Mike Schmitz
• Sr. Miriam James Heidland
• Sr. Bethany Madonna
• Mission of Our Lady of the Angels
• Archbishop J. Peter Sartain
• 1926 monstrance used in Eucharistic Procession at Mundelein
• V Encuentro
• Homer Simpson
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Nazgûl (Ringwraiths)

Shout- Outs:

• Sr. Alicia Torres
• Fr. Paul Porter

Bromides:

• “Let go and let God.”
• “To Church one another as Church.”
• “Let life unfold.”

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Quotes:

“So, philosophically you went from anything for freedom to just certain things for freedom.” (Connor chiding Rob, 9:20)

“There is a longing in my heart for total freedom; to do God’s will; to be in communion with Him all the time.” (Connor, 10:29)

“Lord, I need you so bad to call me out of slavery into freedom, constantly, but I believe that you will do it.” (Connor, 12:10)

“The formula of love: you have to move from self-awareness, into self-possession, which then leads to self-gift.” (Mike, 15:10)

“The Lord promises to set us free from slavery into life.” (Mike, 16:39)

“There has been a slow, steady, gentle, coaxing to freedom.” (Rob, 20:52)

“You can’t promise me another second of life, but you try to promise me a lifetime of misery.” (Connor summarizing St. Ignatius, 22:11)

“I am trying to do God’s will as best I can and He is going to keep moving me from grace to grace to grace.” (Mike, 25:12)

“None of our suffering is meaningless. Period.” (Connor, 35:11)

Media Mentions:

• YouTube
• Mike Tyson Talks About Tigers (from JRE #1805)
• Braveheart (1995)
• The Office (2005- 2013)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Father Stu (2022)
• The Parable of the Lost Son
• Canticle of Zechariah
• John 20

References:

• Object Permanence
• Generation Z
• Cusper
• Millenial
• September 11 Attacks
• Mike Tyson
• Joe Rogan
• iPhone
• Chicago Bulls
• iPad
• John Paul II (Love and Responsibility)
• FOCUS
• Harlan Coben
• St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Easter Octave
• Institute for Priestly Formation
• Fr. Stuart Long

Shout- Outs:

• Jon Kearney
• Katy Dornbos
• Fr. Timothy Gallagher
• Maria (Mike’s niece)

Bromides:

• “Everything happens for a reason.”
• “You’re a slave, bro.”

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In this episode, the dogs pick up where they left off last time (0:25). Mike clarifies when he thinks control is appropriate in a leadership position (2:50) and Rob proposes that control, when it’s properly used, can be a training in the virtues (12:53). Rob shares an “anointed moment”, which was ultimately born out of being fully prepared (15:25). Connor makes a distinction between controlling others and self-control (17:35) and Mike admits that his parents’ use of control ultimately helped him choose the “good” (20:30). Rob closes out the episode with a question: “How do you foster freedom?” (36:00).

Quotes:

“Leaders do have to control their people, but it’s not a manipulation of free will because those people have freely consented to being commanded by someone else.” (Mike, 3:50)

“When I walk outside, I’m taking your heart with me because we’ve built this relationship together.” (Connor on ideal relationships between parents and children, 9:00)

“Ultimately, I revere the fact that you are a free individual and are not to be controlled.” (Connor, 10:48)

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” (Michael Scott, 27:36)

“I put my pants on one leg at a time.” (Rob, 27:46)

“I jump into my pants.” (Mike, 27:50)

“A father provides an abundance for his children to enjoy” (Mike, 28:10)

“My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31)

“Mary will be at the cross in order to spiritually and physically offer her son to the world.” (Connor, 32:10)

Media Mentions:

• Athos (2016)
• Babette’s Feast
• The Office (2005- 2013)
• Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture
• The Parable of the Lost Son
• Newton’s law of universal gravitation
• Three Dogs North S11 E34
• The Wedding at Cana

References:

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Life360
• Harrison Street
• Chicago, IL
• Classical Virtues
• Paschal Triduum
• St. John’s Catholic Newman Centers (SIUE)

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Quotes:

“When you don’t have authority you need to control people.” (Connor, 6:46)

“In Heaven you get all the joy, but no control.” (Connor, 7:40)

“So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” (John 11: 41- 43)

“God never controls. His love is always serene. It is always chaste. It is always non-possessive, even though we might want it to be.” (Connor, 14:32)

“You can’t love without freedom.” (Connor, 14:51)

“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7)

“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.” (John 10:18)

“Woah, Dad’s here.” (Rob, 25:27)

“God speaks us into being out of Love.” (Connor, 27:10)

“I think when you grasp at things that are beyond your control, then you get in trouble. But when you are stewards of the good things that have been given to you, that’s when you cooperate with the grace of God.” (Mike, 28:25)

Media Mentions:

• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
• Art of Manliness Podcast #792: How Power Corrupts
• Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead : John 11:1-45
• A Woman Caught in Adultery : John 8: 1-11
• Gospel of John
• C.S. Lewis’ Perelandra (Space Trilogy, Book 2)
• Fr. Jean Corbon’s The Wellspring of Worship
• Band of Brothers: The Breaking Point
• Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality

References:

• Explanation of the scrutinies
• Jerusalem
• Bethany
• Pope John Paul II
• Lieutenant Norman Dike
• Captain Ronald C. Speirs
• Bishop Robert Barron

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Quotes:

 “The flip phone is a tool I use, whereas the smartphone had a grip on me.” (Connor, 5:00)

“Anything for freedom.” (from Anne Marie Brummer, 5:47)

“That’s where we became friends with Jesus.” (Mike, 15:45)

“Friendship with Jesus, that’s it.” (from Rob’s book club, 23:28)

“But what, in conclusion, of Joy? For that, after all, is what the story has mainly been about. To tell you the truth, the subject has lost nearly all interest for me since I became a Christian…. It was valuable only as a pointer to something other and outer.” (C.S. Lewis, 24:17)

 “Part of what makes this place transfigured is not just what happened 2,000 years ago, but right now He is still here.” (Connor, 26:15)

Media Mentions:

• John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
• John 6 (Multiplication of the Loaves, Walking on the Water, The Bread of Life Discourse)
• Bishop Robert Barron’s The Eucharist
• C.S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy

References:

• Cardamom
• Google Translate
• كونور (Connor in Arabic)
• Jerusalem
• Pilgerhaus in Galilee
• Five day silent retreat (Rob and Mike)
• Church of the Beatitudes
• Witchita, KA
• Hollywood, CA
• iPhone
• Holy Land
• Etymology of “toll” and “troll”
• Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth
• Pilgrimage Church of St. Peter in Capernaum
• Michigan
• Wisephone

Shout-Outs:

• Anne Marie Brummer
• Fr. Matt Marshall
• Fr. Michael Bremer
• Daniel Sahyouni

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Quotes:

“Things are always greater than we can initially perceive.” (Mike, 12:35)

“Oh, how you will enchant the angels!” (from Babette’s Feast, 14:55)

“In the end, what’s most essential about this guy is that he is a soul loved by Christ. That he believes in Him. That he will go with Him when he gets called.” (Connor, 17:50)

“If sins are like garbage, then the priest is like God’s garbage-man.” (Fr. Mike Schmitz, 27:00)

 “All is grace. Everything is possible. Reality is actually more wonderful than what is apparently true.” (Connor, 33:30)

“Christ reveals a hierarchy of Love.” (Mike, 38:18)

“The priesthood is really meant to give your life away for the good of everyone else.” (Mike, 38:40)

“There is an orderedness to the table, the fact that they are there in their places. They are disposed to receive reality and its goodness.” (Connor, 42:15)

“But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular; grace takes us all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty.” (from Blixen’s Babette’s Feast, 54:40)

“At some point in our lives we have no choice but to ask for Him and He will give Himself to us.” (Connor, 53:50)

Media Mentions:

• Babette’s Feast (1987)
• 3DN S10 E23- Open Invitation
• C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia
• Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Rule #1)
• Josef Pieper’s Leisure: the Basis of Culture
• The Golden Calf
• Karen Blixen’s Babette’s Feast
• Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality
• Family Matters (1987- 1997)
• Bishop Robert Barron’s Eucharist

References:

• Bishop Robert Barron
• Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis
• Santa Barbara, CA
• Blue Island, IL
• General Lorens Löwenhielm
• The Gateway Arch
• St. Louis, MO
• The Eiffel Tower
• Ferris Wheel
• Empire State Building
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Gerald “Jerry” Lanahan Sr.
• Knights of Columbus
• W.L. Weller’s Wheated Bourbon
• Jordan B. Peterson
• Marxism
• Pew Research Center survey
• Katy Dornbos
• Steve Urkel