In this episode, the dogs discuss The Simpsons (0:50), Edith Stein's feast day (4:05), and phenomenology philosophy (7:30). Mike names a new female doctor of the church (14:00) and speaks definitively on anthropology (17:40). They close out by sharing how to practically live in relationship with Jesus, as Stein says, in the "kern" (20:00).
Quotes:
“Come, Rosa, we’re going for our people." (quote from Edith Stein, 10:20)
“It just blew her away that Catholics could come and talk to a personal God when they were out shopping.” (Rob, 11:25)
“You are tarnishing your voting record right now. I question everything about your character.” (Rob about Connor, 15:27)
“She has the most precise and correct anthropology of anybody who has ever existed.” (Mike about Stein, 17:25)
“You can see the harmony that exists between the physical body and the actual eternal soul. The way she (Stein) unites the two together is just true.” (Mike, 19:25)
“What is the human person? Is loved by God.” (Mike summarizing Stein, 20:30)
“The cross is the revelation of God’s love.” (Mike, 20:50)
“The body is the physical expression of the eternal invisible soul.” (Mike, 21:34)
“Fear is almost always a useless emotion. The truth is that we are always safe, because we are always a beloved child of God.” (Connor, 23:10)
"It’s not selfish to be aware of my heart's reactions to things and to be aware of my inner life more, because that’s the only way I can share it with God.” (Connor, 24:40)
“It’s tough to study Edith Stein without also growing in holiness.” (Mike, 26:11)
“In what part of reality are you living?” (Mike, 26:40)
“Experience it (darkness) not as a wall, but as a threshold.” (Rob, 28:40)
Media Mentions:
The Simpsons (1989- present)"Last Exit to Springfield" The Simpsons S4 E17It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005- present)Arrested Development (2003- 2019)"It's a good idea and I stand by it." "I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.""Large Marge" The Simpsons S14 E4 ("easy there college boy")John Paul II's Theology of the BodySt Thomas Aquinas' Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate (Disputed Questions on Truth)Teresa of Avila's The Way of PerfectionEdith Stein's The Science of the CrossiBreviaryNapoleon DynamiteHallow
References:
Charles DickensInfinite Monkey TheoremMike TysonEdith Stein- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (canonized October 11, 1998)Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelMartin HeideggerEdmund HusserlKarol WojtylaPolandGermanyPhenomenologyThe CarmelitesAuschwitz- BirkenauRosa SteinSwitzerlandSt. Maximilian KolbeFour women doctors of the church: Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of LisieuxJoe RoganGoogleCartesian dualismCharles WhitfieldARRR: Acknowledge, Relate, Receive, Respond
Shout- Outs:
Fr. Michael BremerBishop Robert BarronFr. Marek DuranFr. Mike WardenFr. Dennis KasuleFr. Robbie CottaJacobBliese (Mike's bodyguard)
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