S11 Episode 59- Descent to the kern

In this episode, the dogs discuss The Simpsons (0:50), Edith Stein's feast day (4:05), and phenomenology philosophy (7:30). Mike names a new female doctor of the church (14:00) and speaks definitively on anthropology (17:40). They close out by sharing how to practically live in relationship with Jesus, as Stein says, in the "kern" (20:00).

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* Phenomenolo...