Three Dogs North

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S11 Episode 7 – Away message Sep 15, 2021

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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

S11 Episode 6 – Pardon the interruption Sep 08, 2021

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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

S11 Episode 5 – I need you to see this Sep 01, 2021

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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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S11 Episode 4 – Bench-clearing brawl Aug 25, 2021

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S11 Episode 3 – Tactical hip clip Aug 18, 2021

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S11 Episode 2 – Paycheck to paycheck Aug 11, 2021

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S11 Episode 1 – Deus ex machina Aug 04, 2021

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