In this episode, Paul McCusker, one of the original team members and writers of Adventures in Odyssey joins me to talk about his conversion to Catholicism, the Anglican liturgy, the search for truth, the nature of authority, and his work with the Augustine Institute. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode!

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In this episode, Paul McCusker, one of the original team members and writers of Adventures in Odyssey joins me to talk about his conversion to Catholicism, the Anglican liturgy, the search for truth, the nature of authority, and his work with the Augustine Institute. We'd love to hear what you think of this episode!

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Zac and Kevin break down Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love). We talk about eros vs. agape, how Christianity transformed notions of love from antiquity, the centrality of the incarnation and the Eucharist in the Christian life, the threefold responsibility of the Church, and Catholic Social Teaching. We also debut a new jingle for the Encyclicalpedia series!

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In this episode Fr. Anthony Sciarappa joins me to talk about being Catholic on social media, discerning your vocation, how to help your children discern their vocation, and vocations to lay singleness. Fr. Sciarappa also shares with us one of the saints who has been preoccupying his thoughts and devotion lately.

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In this episode, Kevin Beauchemin and I break down the Church's teaching on the True Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, focusing on three main questions:

We barely scratched the surface so can promise future episodes along these lines in the future, but if this piqued your interest, we recommend Brant Pitre's Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's God is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life. And, of course, the Summa Theologica.

We also mentioned:

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In this episode I sit down with my good friend Kevin Beauchemin to talk about St. John Paul the Great's 1993 encyclical Veritatis Splendor. We talk about the historical context for the document, the errors it corrects, and its central message: that God in His love and mercy has given us the freedom to draw closer to Him. We also talk about vocations to the priesthood, conscience, and mortal sin. It's a great conversation!

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In this episode I sit down with my pastor, Fr. Jim Baron, to talk about one of his favorite subjects: the cinematic art of Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). We discuss the echoes of Flannery O'Connor in Tarantino's work, his characters' collisions with grace, the purpose of the violence, and whether or not Tarantino is a pre-modern or post-modern artist.

Fr. Jim mentioned this discussion by Bishop Barron about Tarantino's latest film.

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In this episode of Creedal Catholic, I sit down with Fr. Harrison Ayre, Pastor of Holy Family/Notre Dame Parish in Port Alberni, Canada, to talk about Hans Urs von Balthasar's controversial Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved? Fr. Harrison and I discuss the broader context of Balthasar's work, whether or not Balthasar is guilty of advocating apokatastasis (universal reconciliation), Josef Pieper's two categories of hopelessness, Balthasar as an antidote to the dual predestination of Calvinism, whether or not God created hell, and the devil as an "un-person." It's a fascinating conversation and I hope that you enjoy!

Fr. Harrison mentioned a few articles by Balthasar that I promised to links:

"Theology and Sanctity" is in this larger work (Ignatius)

The Fathers, the Scholastics, and Ourselves

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In this episode of Creedal Catholic, Leah Libresco joins me to talk about her journey from Patheos atheist channel blogger to Catholic writer. We talk about Kantian ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre, Church scandals, and her latest book, Building the Benedict Option (Ignatius Press, 2018). Follow Leah's work at LeahLibresco.com.

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Seventh-year seminarian Matt Kane (Diocese of Colorado Springs) joins me to talk about his journey to the priesthood, his personal experience of receiving a call to ordination, and vocational discernment, before busting some prevalent myths about seminary life. (Do seminarians just study the Bible all the time? Are seminaries anti-science? Do the students wander around muttering in Latin?!) We also talk about the empty world of Sam Harris, and Matt reflects on what it's like to be pursuing a vocation in a Church, marred by the wounds of scandal, and why he's more excited than ever to be a priest who can help rebuild.

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