"The soul united to God and transformed in him draws from within God a divine breath, much like the most high God himself. And God, abiding in the soul, breathes forth the life of the soul as its exemplar. This I take to be what Paul meant when he said: Because you are children of God, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father”; this is what takes place in those who have achieved perfection.

One should not wonder that the soul is capable of so sublime an activity. For if God so favours her that she is made God-like by union with the most Holy Trinity, I ask you then, why it should seem so incredible that the soul, at one with the Trinity and in the greatest possible likeness to it, should share the understanding, knowledge and love which God achieves in himself."

- St. John of the Cross

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The Ocho 39 – Get his guts

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In this episode, the dogs catch up and reminisce (4:00) before a long summer break from the pod. Connor shares his new assignment at Mundelein (10:50) and Mike discusses his new position (26:53). They all speak about finding their identity in Jesus (35:00), especially in times of transition. They stress the importance of vulnerability (20:22) and surrender (23:25) for living a life of true freedom. 



Quotes:



"I'm more into being than doing." (Connor, 13:47)



"The priesthood is an identity, it's not a job." (Connor, 13:47)



"You're a Christian with people and you're a priest for people." (Mike quoting Barron quoting Augustine, 19:20)



“I’m not excited, but I feel the capacity to go and give myself to it in a faithful way... That’s what freedom looks like.” (Rob, 19:40)



“You have to choose vulnerability in life. You have to consistently choose that.” (Rob, 20:10)



"I’ve been given this gift of priesthood and that's why I have the capacity to interact in these ways with you.” (Rob, 21:00)



"I am not what I do." (Connor, 23:55)



"The three people who don't leave me are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." (Rob quoting Bremer, 26:26)



“The reality of my priesthood is not just a collar that I put on and off. It's something that I believe Christ marked in my heart forever, so that no matter what I’m doing, I’m still doing chaplain stuff.” (Mike, 29:11)



“There’s no need to justify my existence.” (Mike, 30:40)



“God didn’t create us because he needed some outcomes from us. He made us so we could be in relationship.” (Connor, 35:10)



“When I treat myself as someone who matters, then I start doing what I want.... which is often, things that are generous.” (Connor, 36:00)



"The cult of busyness is selfish." (Connor, 39:57)



“I feel totally loved and secure in who I am, so I want to share it.” (Connor, 40:00)



"Charitas Christi Urget Nos (The Love of Christ Urges Us Forward)." (42:00)



Gallery:




* Fr. Mike and Fr. Rob canonical retreat with Bishop Robert Barron



* Archdiocese of Atlanta



* Holy Land



* Grocery Shopping



* Phone Case




Media Mentions:




* Seinfeld 



* Colossians 2:12



* John 14: 2-4



* Patrick M. Lencioni's The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team




References:




* Archdiocese of Atlanta



* SEEK 2019



* Mundelein Seminary



* St. John Paul II Newman Center




S11 Episode 66- Relational whiplash


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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The Ocho 39 – Get his guts

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