Three Dogs North

Three Dogs North

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  • S11 Episode 7 – Away message

    In this episode, the dogs talk about encroaching technology and the role of the parish priest. After discussing which celebrities they would have dinner with [00:24], Connor and Rob give brief updates about life on campus [6:36]. Connor laments plumbing problems [9:00] and Rob discusses the lag he feels keeping up with multiple assignments [10:25]. Connor describes settling into his role as a shepherd and they all consider the function of the modern priest [15:13]. Connor pitches his idea to revive the AIM away message [18:55] and Mike shares his initial refusal to use Bluetooth in his vehicle [24:20].

    Quotes:

    “The role of the modern day priest is to properly order the charisms of the people of God.” (attributed to Bishop Barron, 16:06)

    “I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.” (Uncle Rico, 23:30)

    “We are not properly engaged with the objects in our lives.” (Connor, 28:03)

    “The problem is not the phone, it’s you.” (Connor, 29:17)

    Media Mentions:

    • Brett & Kate McKay’s “9 Things to Think About When You’re Waiting” 
    • Napoleon Dynamite

      • Shout-outs:

      • Bishop Barron
      • G.K. Chesterton
      • Marilyn at SIUE
      • Abraham Lincoln
      • Freddie Mercury
      • Winston Churchill
      • Herschel Walker
      • Bo Jackson
      • Daniel- Focus Missionary Team Director 
      • Light Phone 
      • Rescue Time 

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        36 min
      • S11 Episode 6 – Pardon the interruption

        In this episode, the dogs talk about finding awe in a transcendent universe [5:50] and their varying experiences of childhood boredom [8:50]. Rob brings up a farmer who recites Paradise Lost while ploughing the field [19:45] and Connor talks about settling into humanity as a way to find true joy [21:30]. Mike shares about a recent hiking trip [25:50] and they all discuss moments that transcend the subjective. 

        Quotes:

        [11:20] “Boredom is running up against the poverty of humanity. We are a question mark to ourselves and we do not have the capacity to fulfill what we ultimately desire. We are dependent on some transcendent other to provide the thing we want the most: permanent, eternal communion.” (Connor)

        [7:40] “Sloth is the inability to love something that is lovable” (Peter Kreeft)

        [35:25] “Sooner or later, we enjoy only souls” (from Letters to Young Men as cited in The Priest is Not His Own)

        Media Mentions:

        • G.K. Chesterton’s Everlasting Man
        • Matt Fradd’s interview with Peter Kreeft 
        • PTI (Pardon the Interruption) from ESPN
        • Dragon Ball Z
        • Dr. Stephen Blackwood on the Jordan B Peterson Podcast
        • Boethius
        • John Milton’s Paradise Lost
        • Paperboy on the NES
        • Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
        • Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
        • Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich
        • John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
        • Fulton J. Sheen’s The Priest is Not His Own
        • Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire’s Letters to Young Men

          • Shout-outs:

          • Gable the Great (Dane)
          • Fr. Paul Porter
          • 5th graders at Connor’s home parish
          • Anthony Esolen
          • Rabun Bald
          • Foster’s Beer

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            40 min
          • S11 Episode 5 – I need you to see this

            In this episode, the dogs experience some technical difficulties [8:55] and Danstrom dreams up his ideal audio interface [9:33-11:10] with some mock encouragement from Johnson and Metz [10:44]. Johnson brings up a new technique in prayer [11:20] and they all discuss using this new prayer as a way to enter into communion with Christ. Danstrom reflects on loneliness and its ability to worsen situations that are already difficult [20:10] and Johnson shares the fruit of this new reflection in the confessional [24:50].

            Quotes:

            • [16:52] “You can’t pray with how you should feel, you have to pray with how you do feel” (Johnson)
            • [21:20] “It’s not that the evil one makes things happen, it’s that he takes things that are happening and creates a narrative in your heart… that God can’t be trusted.”(Connor)

              • Media:

              • Matthew 25:24-26 (Danstrom)
              • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (Johnson)
              • The Two Standards meditation from St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises (The Standard of Satan: riches, honor, and pride. The Standard of Christ: poverty, insults, humility.)

                • Shout-outs:

                • Jonathan Kearney
                • Connor officially named Vicariate Vocations Director for Vicariates III and IV
                • Libertyville, Illinois
                • Joe Pug https://joepugmusic.com/
                • Institute for Priestly Formation

                  • Dog Wisdom:

                  • [11:20] The prayer from Johnson’s spiritual director: Name the things you don’t like about your life. Then, “Jesus I need you to see this.” In closing, “Lord, help me to see it as you see it.”
                  • [14:24] Metz on wanting to communicate the mercy of God to His children in confession. He encourages the penitent to ask themselves, “How does Christ see you in that (sin)?” as a way of inviting Christ and His mercy into the situation.

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                    34 min

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                  Three Dogs North are Juice, C-Bisc, and Michael Metz. Topics are carelessly selected and poorly researched. The strength of the project lies in the fact that there is no way of knowing its audience.…

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