In this episode, the dogs talk about early mornings (1:50), trucks (9:40), and beards (10:00). Connor considers what it means to be overwhelmed by beauty (6:45) and Rob asks the dogs to differentiate possessions and belongings (12:50). They all discuss how to have a healthy attachment to material goods (19:55), their plans for the end of the world (39:10), and approaching the final horizon of death as a saint (43:08).
Quotes:
“The human heart is wired for God.” (Connor, 7:22)
“We have a longing for God, which is goodness.” (Mike 25:30)
“It’s important to have a relationship with things according to reality.” (Connor 29:55)
“Part of walking through the pilgrimage of life is being properly attached to the things that belong to you, but not in a way that makes them your final end.” (Connor, 31:50)
“The only thing you get to take with you is what you’ve given away.” (Cardinal George, 32:07)
“Here was a man words cannot describe. Death could not defeat him nor toil dismay him. He was quite without a preference of his own; he neither feared to die nor refused to live. “ (second reading from the Office of Readings on November 11th)
Media:
- Impossible without Him- Season 7 Episode 10 (marathon story starts at 24:49)
- Family Feud
- Erazim’s Kohák’s The Embers and the Stars
- Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow
- Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince (Chapter 13)
- Luke 17:11-19 (Jesus heals the ten men with leprosy)
- Friedrich Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence
- Robert Hugh Benson’s Lord of the World
- SNL’s What Up With That?
Shout-Outs:
- SEEK 2019 (Indianapolis, IN)
- Steve Harvey
- Alex Trebec
- Gable (the Great)
- Sr. Alicia, Sr. Kara Davis, and Sr. Kate
- Jon Kearney
- SEEK 2020 (Phoenix, AZ)
- Ben Hasse
- 1997 Ford F-250
- Fr. Nick Blaha
- Cardinal George
- Bishop Paprocki
- Jay Leno
- Astros
- Cardinals
- Michael Scott
- Martin of Tours
- Pope St. John Paul II Chapel (Mundelein Seminary, IL)
- Pope Francis
- Joe Pug
Dog Wisdom
- Rob starts the day by saying, “Thank you Lord for this day.” (2:00)
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