S11 Episode 25 – Healthy toiling

In this episode, the dogs talk about a new book Mike is reading and its similarities to The Lord of the Rings (2:44). They all discuss various branches of the United States Armed Forces (6:53) and Connor suggests renaming the U.S. Army to "host" (9:20). The conversation turns to The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius (10:25) and examples of people who embraced their own littleness (18:45). They finish the episode by imagining what it's like to live in the Heavenly Jerusalem (37:40).

Quotes:

“There’s a lot of fear involved with the standard of the enemy.” (Rob, 16:03)

“Individual friendships are what move people into the light.” (Mike, 18:19) 

“Sam the great. Sam the wise. If you put on the ring he’d be this amazing guy.” (Mike’s rap, 19:33)

“We all know deep down that the world is not as it should be… so we experience conforming ourselves to God’s will as suffering.” (Connor, 21:40)

“God gives us a very small patch of land to till.” (Rob quoting St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, 24:28)

“Shower upon him every earthly blessing, drown him in bliss so that nothing but bubbles would dance on the surface of his bliss, as on a sea...and even then every man, out of sheer ingratitude, sheer libel, would play you some loathsome trick. He would even risk his cakes and would deliberately desire the most fatal rubbish, the most uneconomical absurdity, simply to introduce into all this positive rationality his fatal fantastic element...simply in order to prove to himself that men still are men and not piano keys.” (Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor, 36:30)

“I think we are made for something more than just getting everything that we need.” (Mike, 36:50)

“To imagine being bored in Heaven is such an insult to God. It’s narcissism to think that God could bore me.” (Connor, 38:50)

Media Mentions:

* Fortnite

* The Wheel of Time

* The Wheel of Time (2021)

* The Lord of the Rings

* The Lord of the Rings (2001- 2003)

* St. Ignatius of Loyola's "A Meditation on the Two Standards"

* St. Ignatius of Loyola's "The Call of the Temporal King"

* Leprechaun (1993- present)

* Antlers (2021) 

* Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles

* Progressive’s Dr. Rick Airport commercial

* Three Dogs North’s Pardon the interruption

* Matt Fradd’s interview with Peter Kreeft

* G.K.Chesterton’s "Tremendous Trifles"

* Andrei Rublev’s Trinity

* LEGO Masters (2020- present)

* Gospel of Luke

* Aziz Ansari’s Nightclub Comedian

* Brave Wilderness’ “STUNG by a TARANTULA HAWK”

* Megan Ulrich's Newsletter

Shout- Outs:

* Army

* Airforce

* Amazon