In this episode, the dogs talk about Michael Metz’s lack of a nickname (00:30), pig iron plants (02:30), and how to get out of the stone age (05:20). Connor returns to last episode's conversation about expectations and desires (08:00), Rob speaks about the temptation to squash desire (11:50) and the fruits of Kreeft's book on suffering in one of his small groups (12:30). The dogs proceed to talk about suffering (22:58) demons in Tobit (29:40) and why God won't answer Job's questions (36:00). 

 

Quotes:

“Suffering has made me more myself.” (Connor, 22:58)

“I don’t want this grief to go away.” (quote from Andrew Garfield, 24:36)

“The more you love, the more you suffer.” (Connor, 25:30)

“The only real meaning of human life is love and yet the more you let go of your own expectations and enter into communion with the other, the more you make yourself vulnerable.” (Connor, 27:51)

“Even in suffering there can be love. It’s not either joy or suffering, but the possibility of joy in suffering.”  (Michael Metz, 32:00)

“I’m not answering questions so that the questions go away.” (Connor, 36:00)

“I have found enough clues to live by.” (quote from Peter Kreeft, 37:10)

“The only thing that satisfied the human heart is a face.” (Michael Metz, 39:00)

 

Media Mentions:

 	* Pig Iron
 	* Alone: The Arctic (TV 2015- present)
 	* Peter Kreeft’s Making Sense Out of Suffering
 	* C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces
 	* Peter Kreeft’s talk on Till We Have Faces
 	* Luigi Giussani’s The Religious Sense (Chapter 1 for more on “elementary experience”)
 	* Andrew Garfield on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
 	* Tobit 8:5-7
 	* John Paul II’s Salvifici Doloris
 	* Job, The Book of
 	* Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy
 	* Blade Runner (1982)

 

Shout-outs:

 	* Joe Pug
 	* Katy Dornbos
 	* Jon Kearney
 	* Jordan B. Peterson
 	* G.K. Chesterton
 	* Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
 	* Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

Miscellany:

 	* (07:05) Bow Drill

 

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S11 Episode 16 – Tears of God

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In this episode, the dogs convene at Rob's request (3:55) to talk about science fiction (4:39) and what's so attractive about stories with a prophecy (13:50). Connor describes the new stained glass windows at Newman (20:00) and they all piece together "Main Character Energy" (22:19). 



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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S11 Episode 65- Full send


In this episode, the dogs discuss whether there are any once in a lifetime experiences (2:50). Rob admits to his own FOMO (3:00), Mike revisits an enchanted moment from Bethlehem (13:52), and Connor describes living in the eternal reality of the sacramental worldview (16:30). They all reminisce (21:00) with hopeful longing (23:58). 



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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S11 Episode 64 – Nostalgia for the garden


In this episode, the dogs return to a previous discussion on parenting and control (5:00). Mike looks for Yao Ming in the California Redwoods (1:49), Connor reminds us just how useful childhood confirmation class was (17:35), and Rob jumps ship (14:57) twice (26:49).



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 ...

S11 Episode 63- Structure of reality


In this episode, the dogs discuss what it means to live with integrity (0:44). Rob opens by bringing up Bobby Jones' loss in the 1925 U.S. Open (1:00), Mike gets a little heretical (10:10), and Connor experiences some technical difficulties (15:15). They close by reflecting on representations of integrity in various films (28:22). 



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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S11 Episode 62- Martyr for the truth


In this episode, the dogs talk about Mike's future as a Jumpmaster (00:27), the start of the school year at UIC (13:13), and the difference between managers and leaders (19:00). Connor comes up with a new parable for the Gospel of Luke (27:00) and The Simpsons is referenced (35:58), twice (41:08). 



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 und...

S11 Episode 16 – Tears of God

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