In this episode, the dogs talk in-person at Rob’s house in Maryville, IL (1:50). They share highlights from the 2022 Three North Hangout which include, but are not limited to: a steak dinner (2:35), the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis (2:10), the Gateway to the West (10:40), a concelebrated funeral Mass (15:51), and Connor’s inaugural viewing of Babette’s Feast (2:38). Mike and Connor gush over Rob’s hospitality (23:00) and they all discuss the importance of hierarchies (25:45) and order (36:40).

Quotes:

“Things are always greater than we can initially perceive.” (Mike, 12:35)

“Oh, how you will enchant the angels!” (from Babette’s Feast, 14:55)

“In the end, what’s most essential about this guy is that he is a soul loved by Christ. That he believes in Him. That he will go with Him when he gets called.” (Connor, 17:50)

“If sins are like garbage, then the priest is like God’s garbage-man.” (Fr. Mike Schmitz, 27:00)

 “All is grace. Everything is possible. Reality is actually more wonderful than what is apparently true.” (Connor, 33:30)

“Christ reveals a hierarchy of Love.” (Mike, 38:18)

“The priesthood is really meant to give your life away for the good of everyone else.” (Mike, 38:40)

“There is an orderedness to the table, the fact that they are there in their places. They are disposed to receive reality and its goodness.” (Connor, 42:15)

“But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular; grace takes us all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty.” (from Blixen’s Babette’s Feast, 54:40)

“At some point in our lives we have no choice but to ask for Him and He will give Himself to us.” (Connor, 53:50)

Media Mentions:

• Babette’s Feast (1987)
• 3DN S10 E23- Open Invitation
• C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia
• Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Rule #1)
• Josef Pieper’s Leisure: the Basis of Culture
• The Golden Calf
• Karen Blixen’s Babette’s Feast
• Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy and Personality
• Family Matters (1987- 1997)
• Bishop Robert Barron’s Eucharist

References:

• Bishop Robert Barron
• Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis
• Santa Barbara, CA
• Blue Island, IL
• General Lorens Löwenhielm
• The Gateway Arch
• St. Louis, MO
• The Eiffel Tower
• Ferris Wheel
• Empire State Building
• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Gerald “Jerry” Lanahan Sr.
• Knights of Columbus
• W.L. Weller’s Wheated Bourbon
• Jordan B. Peterson
• Marxism
• Pew Research Center survey
• Katy Dornbos
• Steve Urkel

Glossary:

• episcopacy: government of the church
• In persona christi capitis: in the person of Christ the head

Bromides:

• “Let go and let God.”
• “Attitude of gratitude.”

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