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We talk about Gomer's trip to the Holy Land, how he got violently sick the day he arrived in Jerusalem and how God made it amazing. Support Catching FoxesLinks:Which Lie Did I Tell? book by William Goldman — William Goldman'sAdventures in the Screen Tradewas a classic for moviephiles, revealing all the secrets behind the business of the big screen. Now, screenwriter extraordinaire Goldman returns to give us the latest lowdown on Hollywood moviemaking. He dishes the dirt, adventure by adventure, from his most recent films -- the successesandthe failures - with inside anecdotes from such star-studded sets asThe Princess Bride, Misery, andAbsulote Power. We find out what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Richard Donner, Rob Reiner, Clint Eastwood, and all the rest of Hollywood's major power players. But this is much more than just a tourist's guide to the backlot. Goldman conducts a virtual writer's clinic: he tells us exactly what works on film and why, dissecting classic moments in great screenplays ranging from the crop-dusting scene inNorth by Northwestto the zipper scene in There's Something about Mary. He gives us insider tips on everything from good storytelling to effective pitch-making, and he shows us where his ideas come from and what he does with them when they get there. Finally, he brings together some of today's top screenwriters to analyze, doctor, or destroy a screenplay he created just for this book. Enlightening as well as entertaining,Which Lie Did I Tell'is certain to follow its predeccesor as the definitive guide to the real workings behind the glitzy facade of contemporary Hollywood. A Canticle for Leibowitz with Christopher Frey – Sacred & Profane Love — In this episode, I speak to my husband (and fellow philosopher) Chris Frey about Walter M. Miller’s sci-fi novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz. We both agree that this is a novel about sin, and more specifically, how sin is connected to the myriad ways that our desire for knowledge becomes perverted and disordered. Along the way, we also talk about memory, Promethean fear, impiety, hope, the Immaculate Conception, and of course, monks. I think this episode pairs very well with episode 14, on Walker Percy, who loved this novel and was incredibly influenced by it (you can read his review here). I also think it pairs well with a book that made an enormous impression on me in college, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, by Jean LeClercq, as well as an essay by Cora Diamond called “The Problem of Impiety”, which I’ve probably recommended before because I am constantly recommending it to everyone.We Named the Dog Indiana - YouTubeCatching Foxes | Spreadshop — We have merch!Rachael Morlock Designs — Rachael designed our great merch!

Originally recorded 9/25/22. Luke and Gomer sit down with Clark and Andrea to discuss the real-world impact of Medical Assisted Suicide. Clark's mom, a longtime MS sufferer, was diagnosed with cancer. Due to Canada's permissive laws on Euthanasia, circumstances in her life pushed her in that direction. However, Clark and Andrea's love would slowly change her heart not only toward life but toward the Giver of Life. Hear their story. You need to hear their story and inform yourself with the links included in this episode. Sponsored By:Catholic.store: The Lion and Lamb club is a Catholic children’s book club that helps families pass on the faith through character-forming bedtime conversations. Each quarter we’ll send club members a box that contains three to five, age-appropriate, and seasonally relevant world-class stories along with swag, stickers, conversation starters, and a letter on how to live out the liturgical calendar. Support Catching FoxesLinks:The Vestibule of Heaven - Sisters of Life — We sat down with Dr. Michael J. Brescia, Executive Medical Director and co-founder of Calvary Hospital, to talk about his experiences at the Catholic palliative care facility and hospice in the Bronx. His friendly banter, warmth, and the twinkle in his eye belied the awe he is held in by the medical field as the co-inventor of the revolutionary Brescia Arterial Fistula in 1966. But what struck us most in our conversation with Dr. Brescia was his clear sense of a call to love God through his patients and the incredible sacrifices he made to uphold the value of the lives of the persons in his care. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (30 December 1987) | John Paul II — Also to be mentioned here, as a sign of respect for life - despite all the temptations to destroy it by abortion and euthanasia - is a concomitant concern for peace, together with an awareness that peace is indivisible. It is either for all or for none. It demands an ever greater degree of rigorous respect for justice and consequently a fair distribution of the results of true development.48 Evangelium Vitae (25 March 1995) | John Paul II — On a more general level, there exists in contemporary culture a certain Promethean attitude which leads people to think that they can control life and death by taking the decisions about them into their own hands. What really happens in this case is that the individual is overcome and crushed by a death deprived of any prospect of meaning or hope. We see a tragic expression of all this in the spread of euthanasia-disguised and surreptitious, or practised openly and even legally. As well as for reasons of a misguided pity at the sight of the patient's suffering, euthanasia is sometimes justified by the utilitarian motive of avoiding costs which bring no return and which weigh heavily on society. Thus it is proposed to eliminate malformed babies, the severely handicapped, the disabled, the elderly, especially when they are not self-sufficient, and the terminally ill. Nor can we remain silent in the face of other more furtive, but no less serious and real, forms of euthanasia. These could occur for example when, in order to increase the availability of organs for transplants, organs are removed without respecting objective and adequate criteria which verify the death of the donor.  Catechism of the Catholic Church - IntraText — 1879 The human person needs to live in society. Society is not for him an extraneous addition but a requirement of his nature. Through the exchange with others, mutual service and dialogue with his brethren, man develops his potential; he thus responds to his vocation.2 Catechism of the Catholic Church - IntraText — Euthanasia 2276 Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible. 2277 Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable. Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator. The error of judgment into which one can fall in good faith does not change the nature of this murderous act, which must always be forbidden and excluded. 2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate; it is the refusal of "over-zealous" treatment. Here one does not will to cause death; one's inability to impede it is merely accepted. The decisions should be made by the patient if he is competent and able or, if not, by those legally entitled to act for the patient, whose reasonable will and legitimate interests must always be respected. 2279 Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable Palliative care is a special form of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged.

In the Year of our Lord 2022, on September 3rd, Gomer and Luke interviewed Luke's favorite soccer podcast hosts, Taylor and Joe from the Total Soccer Show. We talk MLS, English Premiere League, favorite memories, and of course, predictions for the World Cup. Gomer knows absolutely nothing about anything, so if you: want to listen to him make an ass of himself want to learn alongside him Then you should give this episode a listen! It is actually a lot of fun. The best part is listening to Luke try to show how knowledgeable he is and impress the soccer show guys!Sponsored By:Catholic.store: The Lion and Lamb club is a Catholic children’s book club that helps families pass on the faith through character-forming bedtime conversations. Each quarter we’ll send club members a box that contains three to five, age-appropriate, and seasonally relevant world-class stories along with swag, stickers, conversation starters, and a letter on how to live out the liturgical calendar. Support Catching FoxesLinks:About — Total Soccer Show — We record in our studio in Richmond, Virginia. The show is focused on analyzing soccer and explaining how and why things happen on and off the field. Our major focus is the US Men's National Team, but we also discuss the Champions League, the Premier League, Major League Soccer and plenty more. The Athletic - Sports news, stories, scores, schedules, podcasts, and more — Access sports reporting that sets the standard.Backheeled - Telling American soccer storiesJoseph Lowery (@joeclowery) / Twitter

I sit down and chat with Matt Meeks of Catholic Ventures and Anthony D'Ambrosio, Head of Product at Catholic.Store and founder of Catholic Creatives. Catholic Ventures acquired Catholic Creatives because Matt Meeks saw the movement that Anthony is his team had begun and wanted to ensure that it would keep rolling. Anthony and Matt have worked together and are now collaborating on bringing creative and talented folks together in Catholic.store where you'll find big and small Catholic publishers, jewelry makers, artists, and Sock Religious. There is a new Catholic aesthetic in town and it doesn't look like shitty modernist Crayola-level crap. It's excellent and big-time Catholic publishers are finally taking notice.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Catholic Ventures — Innovation at the Service of the Church.Why Catholic Creatives Matters — Catholic Creatives — While the business side of this acquisition makes sense, for the team at Catholic Ventures this is much more than an acquisition. Catholic Creatives provides not just the hope that God has a purpose in the work we are doing, it renews our hope that He is up to something even bigger in the world through His Church.  About — Catholic Creatives — We believe that the greatest force of evangelization and social change in our world is beauty. Catholic.StoreLion & Lamb — Introducing Lion & Lamb Wholesome children's books to your front door every 3 months.About — Tribeof.me — Sherwood Fellows is a team of strategists, designers, and storytellers that helps visionary leaders make a real sustainable impact that scales.

This episode was recorded on October 18, 2022, before I left for the Holy Land. Brian Jones is back. We talk about morality, the Catholic vision, in the context of how do we teach it today to a motley crew of high school students. Support Catching Foxes

Dr. Scott Hahn is making the interview rounds with his new book, "Holy is His Name: The Transforming Power of God’s Holiness in Scripture". There are some truly amazing concepts about holiness that blew me away when I was reading through this book. Insights you'll get from this episode* holiness mentioned in Genesis only once, then explodes in Exodus the Old Testament, with the exception of Daniel's prophecies, never calls individuals holy, only things or groups, but not individuals we can easily forget the Holiness of God is something other than the moral rectitude we call Righteousness You are called to be holy, but that doesn't mean "a good moral person" Also, my audio software did not capture Dr. Hahn's audio all that well. SORRY! https://stpaulcenter.com/product/holy-is-his-name-the-transforming-power-of-gods-holiness-in-scripture/Support Catching FoxesLinks:Catching Foxes | SpreadshopHoly Is His Name: The Transforming Power of God’s Holiness in Scripture – St. Paul Center — “We don’t have to learn to be frightened, but as loving children of a loving God, saved through the Cross of Christ, we do need to learn how to fear God. Scott Hahn’s Holy Is His Name explains for priests and lay people what it means to be holy, to realize how distant we are from God’s holiness, how we must be in awe and wonder at his transcendence and majesty and recognize our worth and our smallness before his all-knowing compassion.” George Cardinal PellAll Israel Will Be Saved – St. Paul Center — St. Paul’s teaching in Romans 9-11 is notoriously difficult to unpack. Even seasoned and skillful interpreters often express frustration over these passages that contain the highest concentration of Old Testament references anywhere in the New Testament. In this detailed study, Scott Hahn shows how Paul’s proclamation of the gospel to the Gentiles is the means that God chose to fulfill the Old Testament promise to bring about the salvation of all twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke likes raising money for the Church. Kevin Fitzpatrick is incredibly good at it. This show is the lovechild of their brains and experience.Support Catching FoxesLinks:Home | One Visit AwayOne Visit Away on Apple Podcasts — One Visit Away is a podcast focused on helping major gift fundraisers achieve their potential by inspiring them to increase the number and quality of visits they have with their benefactors or prospective benefactors. This motivation comes about by hearing fascinating stories of visits that went well from a wide array of development professionals. When you hear these stories of success, you will realize that you too are just One Visit Away from a transformational experience for your benefactors and your organization.

What happens when we adopt a thousand other jobs that we never used to do? DIY but not for yourself.Sponsored By:The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner: This episode of Catching Foxes was brought to you by The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner. For more information, visit https://www.thesaintmaker.com/catchingfoxes. Use the promo code CATCHINGFOXES at checkout to get 10% off. Promo Code: catchingfoxesSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Are People Really More Busy? The Rise of Shadow Work | The Art of Manliness — In the modern age, we have the same 24 hours a day that every human has enjoyed for thousands of years. But when you look around, you might be forgiven for thinking that time has somehow sped up and that our days have grown shorter. People seem harried and worn out. If you ask them how they’re doing, “Busy, busy, busy!” is often the answer. 40% of Americans say they’re overworked, half feel there are too many tasks to complete each week, two-thirds feel they don’t have enough time for themselves or their spouses, and three-fourths say they don’t get to spend as much time with their kids as they’d like. And as far as the other parts of life, well, they can’t be bothered with them at all.Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day: Lambert, Craig: 9781619027367: Amazon.com: Books — Shadow work includes all the unpaid tasks we do on behalf of businesses and organizations. It has slipped into our routines stealthily; most of us do not realize how much of it we are already doing, even as we pump our own gas, scan and bag our own groceries, execute our own stock trades, and build our own unassembled furniture. But its presence is unmistakable, and its effects far–reaching. Willpower: How to Strengthen and Conserve Your Willpower | The Art of Manliness — Okay, so in order to strengthen your willpower, you need to work towards reaching a goal or changing/creating a habit. But everyone who’s ever tried to do that knows it’s not easy! How do you get enough willpower to strive towards and achieve your aims in the first place? How Willpower is Depleted | The Art of Manliness — Every time you have a desire to do something that conflicts with accepted social norms or with your values and goals, and your willpower overrides that desire and keeps you on track, part of your willpower supply gets depleted. The stronger the desire and the harder it is to resist, the more of your willpower fuel is burned up in the struggle. Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time: Schulte, Brigid: 9781250062383: Amazon.com: Books — When award-winning journalist Brigid Schulte, a harried mother of two, realized she was living a life of all work and no play, she decided to find out why she felt so overwhelmed. This book is the story of what she discovered―and of how her search for answers became a journey toward a life of less stress and more leisure. Catechism of the Catholic Church — CCC 2481 Boasting or bragging is an offense against truth. So is irony aimed at disparaging someone by maliciously caricaturing some aspect of his behavior. Professional Cuddler — At the age of 30, Hess is a professional cuddler. For $60 an hour, she'll intimately snuggle with strangers of all types, and bring them one-on-one cuddle time without the complications of a relationship. The idea came to her in 2012, when she read an article about a guy with a "Free Hugs" sign at a local Saturday market. Another man stood next to him with a "Deluxe hugs, $2" sign, and ended up getting more hugs than the first guy.

_House of the Dragon vs. Rings of Power! Who wins? Who loses? Why is Gomer so easily replaceable? _ In the end, we have a thirty-minute discussion on Quentin Tarantino and how Gomer likes him sorta because of Trent Horn, which causes Luke to lose his mind. Nate Hoffman is a co-worker of mine at the parish. He's also a podcaster, Handsome Guys Cry Too. And a Lord of the Rings fanboy.Sponsored By:The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner: This episode of Catching Foxes was brought to you by The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner. For more information, visit https://www.thesaintmaker.com/catchingfoxes. Use the promo code CATCHINGFOXES at checkout to get 10% off. Promo Code: catchingfoxesSupport Catching FoxesLinks:House of the Dragon | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.comWatch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 | Prime Video

“I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer." -Luke 22:15 Luke contemplates the classic TLM move while Gomer pounces, dances, and pontificates. Also, Shia and the good Bishop. Our thoughts (please, Matt Fradd, share the Shia) Then we conclude with a review of House of the Dragon.Sponsored By:The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner: This episode of Catching Foxes was brought to you by The Saintmaker Catholic Life Planner. For more information, visit https://www.thesaintmaker.com/catchingfoxes. Use the promo code CATCHINGFOXES at checkout to get 10% off. Promo Code: catchingfoxesSupport Catching FoxesLinks:Catechism of the Catholic Church - IntraText — 4 Quite early on, the name catechesis was given to the totality of the Church's efforts to make disciples, to help men believe that Jesus is the Son of God so that believing they might have life in his name, and to educate and instruct them in this life, thus building up the body of Christ.7 Acerbo Nimis (April 15, 1905) | PIUS X — 11. For this reason the Council of Trent, treating of the duties of pastors of souls, decreed that their first and most important work is the instruction of the faithful.[16] It therefore prescribes that they shall teach the truths of religion on Sundays and on the more solemn feast days; moreover during the holy seasons of Advent and Lent they are to give such instruction every day or at least three times a week. This, however, was not considered enough. The Council provided for the instruction of youth by adding that the pastors, either personally or through others, must explain the truths of religion at least on Sundays and feast days to the children of the parish, and inculcate obedience to God and to their parents. When the Sacraments are to be administered, it enjoins upon pastors the duty to explain their efficacy in plain and simple language. On Better Care for Catechetical Teaching (Provido Sane Consilio) — 38. In order that the mind of the Christian people may be directed from time to time toward religious education, let a Catechetical Day be established in each parish, if this has not already been done. On this day, the Feast of Christian Doctrine is to be celebrated with as much solemnity as possible. On this occasion: Evangelii Nuntiandi (December 8, 1975) | Paul VI — 27. Evangelization will also always contain - as the foundation, center, and at the same time, summit of its dynamism - a clear proclamation that, in Jesus Christ, the Son of God made man, who died and rose from the dead, salvation is offered to all men, as a gift of God's grace and mercy.[57] And not an immanent salvation, meeting material or even spiritual needs, restricted to the framework of temporal existence and completely identified with temporal desires, hopes, affairs and struggles, but a salvation which exceeds all these limits in order to reach fulfillment in a communion with the one and only divine Absolute: a transcendent and eschatological salvation, which indeed has its beginning in this life but which is fulfilled in eternity. Mediator Dei (November 20, 1947) | PIUS XII — 62. Assuredly it is a wise and most laudable thing to return in spirit and affection to the sources of the sacred liturgy. For research in this field of study, by tracing it back to its origins, contributes valuable assistance towards a more thorough and careful investigation of the significance of feast-days, and of the meaning of the texts and sacred ceremonies employed on their occasion. But it is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by every possible device. Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive tableform; were he to want black excluded as a color for the liturgical vestments; were he to forbid the use of sacred images and statues in Churches; were he to order the crucifix so designed that the divine Redeemer's body shows no trace of His cruel sufferings; and lastly were he to disdain and reject polyphonic music or singing in parts, even where it conforms to regulations issued by the Holy See. Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi, on the liturgical formation of the People of God (29 June 2022) | Francis — Ars celebrandi 48. One way of caring for and growing in a vital understanding of the symbols of the Liturgy is certainly the ars celebrandi, the art of celebrating. This expression also is subject to different interpretations. Its sense becomes clear if we refer to the theological sense of the Liturgy described in Sacrosanctum Concilium n. 7, to which I have already referred several times. The ars celebrandi cannot be reduced to only a rubrical mechanism, much less should it be thought of as imaginative — sometimes wild — creativity without rules. The rite is in itself a norm, and the norm is never an end in itself, but it is always at the service of a higher reality that it means to protect.Sacrosanctum concilium — 112. The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art. The main reason for this pre-eminence is that, as sacred song united to the words, it forms a necessary or integral part of the solemn liturgy. Holy Scripture, indeed, has bestowed praise upon sacred song [42], and the same may be said of the fathers of the Church and of the Roman pontiffs who in recent times, led by St. Pius X, have explained more precisely the ministerial function supplied by sacred music in the service of the Lord. Therefore sacred music is to be considered the more holy in proportion as it is more closely connected with the liturgical action, whether it adds delight to prayer, fosters unity of minds, or confers greater solemnity upon the sacred rites. But the Church approves of all forms of true art having the needed qualities, and admits them into divine worship. Accordingly, the sacred Council, keeping to the norms and precepts of ecclesiastical tradition and discipline, and having regard to the purpose of sacred music, which is the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful, decrees as follows.