Catching Foxes

By Luke and GomerTV & Film Religion & Spirituality Christianity

Catching Foxes episodes

May 15, 2022Done with Liturgy Wars, with Brian Jones
We discuss the liturgy wars from a different framework. Not the annoying "This is more/less reverent" but rather, what are the context and conditions of our current situation that produces malformed Catholics? Why do Catholic lose their minds over the removal of silly nonessentials that get added into the liturgy where they should not be?
Formation and Culture matters.
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50 Years Ago: Changes In Mass for Greater Apostolate
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It is here that the greatest newness is going to be noticed, the newness of language. No longer Latin, but the spoken language will be the principal language of the Mass. The introduction of the vernacular will certainly be a great sacrifice for those who know the beauty, the power and the expressive sacrality of Latin. We are parting with the speech of the Christian centuries; we are becoming like profane intruders in the literary preserve of sacred utterance. We will lose a great part of that stupendous and incomparable artistic and spiritual thing, the Gregorian chant.
New Liturgical Movement: Evelyn Waugh on the Liturgical Reform: An Article in The American Conservative
— Vatican II represented, in Waugh’s mind, a rejection of the needs and opinions of local people. “A vociferous minority has imposed itself on the hierarchy and made them believe that a popular demand existed where there was in fact not even a preference,” he warned.
Brian Jones – Catholic World Report
— Brian Jones is ia Ph.D Candidate in Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His works have appeared in The Public Discourse, Strong Towns, and The American Conservative.
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1 hr 57 min
May 08, 2022Frat boy, Seminarian, Husband, Veteran, Lawyer, Father of 11, Chris Miller
This guy.
We start with a bloody crucifix in my parent's house in 6th grade and then the OSU frat life, to seminary, to engagement with his now-wife, to the military, to law school, to an oil company to 11 kids and counting.
We discuss his St Paul-like conversion within Catholicism, his annoyance with Traditional Latin Mass communities as a grown-ass man, dealing with Pope Francis's comments that cut him deep, his experience of Iraq during wartime, and keeping his faith alive all along the way.
Finally, we talk about things like what it's like having 11 kids today and how he deals with stupid comments.
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October | 2019 | Fountains of Carrots
— When we watched The Little Rascals when it came out in 1994, little did we know that Porky would end up being a Catholic convert–and a Latin Mass goer. That’s right! Zac Mabry, child actor turned CPA, is on the podcast today!
1 hr 45 min
April 30, 2022Beige Boomers, Rad Trads, and the New Traditionalism with Dr. Larry Chapp
Yeah. I miss Luke, too.
We discuss all things liturgy in this second half of our conversation. Vatican II's theology was great, but its pastoral implementation, which is ironic, was miserable. Also we find out Dr. Larry Chapp is an adult Altar Boy... An ALTAR MAN!
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A Manifesto of the New Traditionalism | Gaudium et Spes 22
— The Catholic Church is the guardian of the Sacred Tradition passed onto the disciples by Jesus Christ. In this age of deracination, it is no wonder that new generations are returning to tradition, rediscovering its forgotten heritage, both in the Church and in the world. But whenever the Spirit guides men to Truth, the Devil will strive to pervert their good intentions. As Catholics, we hold fast to all that is good in the movement for the restoration of lost traditions and oppose all appearances of evil. It has become evident that the Devil’s tool to ruin the traditionalism of the 21st century is the spirit of the Pharisees, who opposed the renewal of the Spirit and the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We reject the white-washed tombs of this dead traditionalism.
56 min
April 23, 2022Why the Hell? with Dr. Larry Chapp
Gomer interviews Dr. Larry Chapp about Hell, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Tradicals in the Church. He's loud, opinionated, fun, and smart as HELL. We dance around Nouvelle Theologie, Thomas Aquinas, and the state of the Church.
This is part 1 of 2.
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Gaudium et Spes 22
— Gaudium et Spes 22: "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light."
About | Dr. Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp – Catholic World Report
— Catholic World Report Articles
Bishop Barron Presents Larry Chapp: Conversations at the Crossroads - YouTube
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1 hr 5 min
April 02, 2022Genitals are NOT a Footnote! with Christopher West
We got Kanye West's older brother, Christopher, and his friend, Mike Mangione to talk theology of the body, gender, genitals, generation, music, waterskiing, and God is Beauty, a retreat Saint Pope John Paul II gave to artists in 1962. Incredible stuff
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God Is Beauty book
— Originally delivered in 1962 for artists — and made available now for the first time in English — Karol Wojtyla’s penetrating spiritual exercises on divine beauty and its reflection in our humanity (and the art it produces) remain as timely as ever.
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March 26, 2022Instruction! With Thomist hack Fr. Gregory Pine!
Chapters!
Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. talks about his new book. Well, he wants to but Gomer doesn't let him for the first 60 minutes. Instead, GOMER HAS QUESTIONS! Recorded on Feb 23, 2022, so, you know, better late than never!
Special Guest: Fr. Gregory Pine, OP.
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Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: Pine, Gregory: 9781681927329: Amazon.com: Books
— Decisions, decisions … life presents us with so many, big and small. How can we confidently make choices that bring us true happiness? The life of the virtues holds the key, and among those virtues, prudence holds the reins. No, this isn’t your grandmother’s definition of prudence. This virtue actually inspires practical wisdom, allowing us to choose well and to bring order into our lives. In Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly, Fr. Gregory Pine, OP, aims to work prudence back into the conversation and to explain how it can transform us along our path toward what really matters. In the face of fleeting emotions and conflicting convictions, learn how prudence will help you find wholeness, happiness, and freedom.
Fr. Gregory Maria Pine, O.P. – Dominican Friars Foundation
— Fr. Gregory Pine grew up in Newtown, PA. One of four children, Fr. Gregory and his family attended St. Andrew’s Catholic Parish. He later studied at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he majored in Math and Humanities & Catholic Culture. His contact with friars from St. Dominic’s Parish in Youngstown, OH was influential in his choice to join the Order of Preachers upon graduating. “It was St. Thomas Aquinas who first introduced me to the Order, and by his prayers that I grew in knowledge and love of its saving mission and ultimately came to find my happiness in the habit of St. Dominic.”
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March 19, 2022Our History is filled with violence
[Last episode had a problem]
We talk about Russia as a people, government, and civilization.
Then we talk about the last Catholic Stuff You Should Know episode.
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March 19, 2022Our History is Filled with Violence
Luke and Gomer discuss Russia as a people, government, and civilization. Then we discuss the last Catholic Stuff you Should Know episode about Fr. G leaving.
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If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
Responding to Archbishop Viganò & What's Going on in Ukraine w/ Fr Jason Charron
Crime and Punishment - Wikipedia — Crime and Punishment (pre-reform Russian: Преступленіе и наказаніе; post-reform Russian: Преступление и наказание, tr. Prestupléniye i nakazániye, IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. The novel is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in world literature
Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life: Lenaburg, Mary E.: 9781594718830: Amazon.com: Books — Be Brave in the Scared is an uplifting account of human frailty (and stubbornness) surrendered to faith. Lenaburg tells the heart-rending story of how caring for her severely disabled daughter affected her self-image, marriage, family life, and faith.
Robb Stark "I asked him, How can a man be brave if he's afraid...?" — He told me he woke with fear in the morning and went to bed with fear in the night. I didn't believe him. I asked him, "how can a man be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," he told me.
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1 hr 8 min
March 12, 2022The Batman (Catching Foxes Ruins the Movies)
Spoiler review. Don't plan on watching the movie? Then you will still love this episode as we discuss the bigger themes, film, and the hero's journey.
This review contains spoilers. The spoiler horn is sounded at the very beginning. If you have no interest in this movie, I think you will still get something out of this, especially the art of film and how Grunge still owns us in our late 30s and 40s. Now if you will excuse me, I have to plop in all of the ads and record a new one because Luke got sick and his voice is shot.
Luke's Show Notes
Matt Reeves Background
Older Gen X
Childhood friend on JJ Abrhams
Cloverfield director
Why ‘Something in the Way’ as the main thematic music?
Bridge, Kurt Cobain
“When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way,'” Reeves, 55, told Empire. “That’s when it came to me that, rather than make Bruce Wayne the playboy version we’ve seen before, there’s another version who had gone through a great tragedy and become a recluse.”
What’s in the way?
The Central Theme: the response to trauma and the obstacles of existence
Oh, you Gen Xers
Vengeance is carnal, hope is a choice
“Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.” - Han Urs von Balthasar
In this regard, the teaching of Sacred Scripture is unequivocal. The Israelites were already encouraged to love one another: "You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself" (Lv 19: 18). At first this commandment seems restricted to the Israelites, but it nonetheless gradually takes on an ever broader sense to include the strangers who sojourn among them, in remembrance that Israel too was a stranger in the land of Egypt (cf. Lv 19: 34; Dt 10: 19). - John Paul II
The world needs God. We need God. But what God do we need? In the first reading, the prophet tells a people suffering oppression that: "He will come with vengeance" (Is 35:4). We can easily suppose how the people imagined that vengeance. But the prophet himself goes on to reveal what it really is: the healing goodness of God. And the definitive explanation of the prophet's word is to be found in the one who died for us on the Cross: in Jesus, the Son of God incarnate, who here looks at us so closely. His "vengeance" is the Cross: a "No" to violence and a "love to the end". This is the God we need. - BXVI to German Bishops
What does this movie say about modern society?
Gen Xer made good
Batman as a reflection
Director/Writer
Society
The Ringer- the end of the 80s
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Kurt Cobain inspired Robert Pattinson's 'Batman': director
Somethings in the Way - Nirvana (lyrics)
— Underneath the bridge
Tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Mmm-mmm
Big daddy "you're mad at your dad" - YouTube
Matt Reeves - Wikipedia
— Matt Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for the WB drama series Felicity (1998–2002), which he co-created with J. J. Abrams. Reeves came to widespread attention for directing the hit monster film Cloverfield (2008), going on to helm the romantic horror remake Let Me In (2010) and the critically acclaimed science fiction sequels Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). He directed the superhero film The Batman (2022), which stars Robert Pattinson as the title character.
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Official Music Video) - YouTube
— Greatest song ever.- Luke
Justice League Official Soundtrack | Everybody Knows - Sigrid | WaterTower - YouTube
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Live in London)
Matisyahu - King Without A Crown - YouTube
Malia J - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Black Widow Soundtrack) - YouTube
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
1 hr 6 min
March 05, 2022Tired With You vs. Tired Of You
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Tiredness and Hyperactivity/Hyperpassivity. I-tiredness vs. we-tiredness. I am not tired “of you” but “with you.” God sanctifies space: Garden of Eden. God sanctifies time: Sabbath rest. Sabbath is the rest from work, that then enables us to offer worship.
Lent: glorified self-improvement vs charity towards our neighbor.
Hans Urs von Balthasar (Heart of the World): Obedience to the church means we do it NOW, within the framework of the Church. Sabbath day is a day of not-to, a day free of all in-order-to. But you have to cut off work. Saturday night is crucial for Sunday mornings’ grace. Vespers. Lord’s Day. etc.
“God’s paradise is a utilitarian’s Hell.”
Shared Prayer, Mission, Fellowship, Learning. From this shared life, stuff will just start. It will just start happening. You don’t need anything else other than time and regularity. So can you create a space where these things just happen and when they do happen, can you cultivate these things?
Luke’s one thing he would change about his Young Adult Ministry: the Core Team happened and it was “You need to just be friends and pray together.” Fellowship, friendship, needs to precede Mission. Mission brings us together, as a friendship rooted in a common good. But if the communion doesn’t happen, if friendships are not actually made, then the mission becomes a driver to hyperactivity and loses its connection to actual mission. It’s externalized because it hasn’t made friends yet.
Sometimes it fails because of God. Sometimes it fails because of us.
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— A shot of the USMNT fans as we prepared to leave Azteca Stadium for the USA vs. Mexico World Cup Qualifier on March 26th, 2013 after a 0-0 result. The Mexican fans were not too happy with that result and started their beer attack.
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The Burnout Society: Han, Byung-Chul: 9780804795098: Amazon.com: Books
— Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, "user-friendly" technology, and the culture of convenience are producing disorders that range from depression to attention deficit disorder to borderline personality disorder. Byung-Chul Han interprets the spreading malaise as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people and goods. Stress and exhaustion are not just personal experiences, but social and historical phenomena as well. Denouncing a world in which every against-the-grain response can lead to further disempowerment, he draws on literature, philosophy, and the social and natural sciences to explore the stakes of sacrificing intermittent intellectual reflection for constant neural connection.
1 hr 19 min

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