Catching Foxes

Three Main Topics: Gomer talks with two youths who experience the lack of reciprocity between faith and the sacraments, Luke explores the Marxist critique of music culture as future-canceling, and Gomer buys a gun, which sets off Luke's red flags. Paragraph 5. Secondly, scientific and technological knowledge, which is so prestigious today, tends to impose itself as a single model in all fields of knowledge and for all kinds of objects. Its radical orientation towards certainty of an empirical and naturalistic type is opposed not only to metaphysical knowledge, but also to knowledge of a symbolic nature. While scientific knowledge emphasizes the capacity of human reason, it does not exhaust all dimensions of reason or knowledge, nor does it cover all cognitive needs for a full human life. Symbolic thinking, with its richness and plasticity, on the one hand, collects and elaborates reflectively the ethical and affective dimensions of experience; and, on the other, touches and transforms the spiritual and cognitive structure of the subject. For this reason, together with all the religious traditions of humanity, the transmission of revelation, with its concomitant cognitive content, is situated in the symbolic sphere, not in the empirical and naturalistic sphere. The sacramental reality of participation in the mystery of grace can only be understood in the unity of this double dimension of the symbolic experience: cognitive and performative. Where the scientistic paradigm reigns, which is blind to symbolic thought, sacramental thought is obstructed. Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!Support Catching FoxesLinks:Next - Too Close (Official Music Video) - YouTube — Next - Too Close (Official Music Video)Drake "God's Plan" — Drake - God's PlanAndy Gibb Shadow Dancing - YouTube — Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing Volare - Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu — Volare - Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu Mark Fisher : The Slow Cancellation Of The Future - YouTube — "The dimension of the future has disappeared. We're trapped in the 20th century… What it means to be in the 21st century is to have 20th century culture on hi-res screens/ distributed by high-speed Internet, actually."Mark Fisher on why Modern Life causes Depression - YouTube — Mark Fisher speaking at a lecture about Capitalist Realism and Cybernetics, specifically about how Neoliberalism is exhausting us all.

Luke recounts his last two weeks of COVID exhaustion. Gomer smiles and nods, until in the empty youth room at 10:30 at night a woman whispers into Gomer's ear, "Hmmm hello". Then, Patron's topics for five minutes. Good questions! Question 1: What should dating intimacy look like? Question 2: What should/shouldn't we do with a new puppy? Question 3: Who would you want to convert to Catholicism and why? Question 4: How to deal with a desk/computer job? Question 5: Any tips from a season Homeschool family? "Lightning" Round Questions What do we do with St Gregory's "two outfits are robbing from the poor?" Favor obscure Bible book? What do you like most about your job? What's the best joke that you know? What should I do with my life? Would you rather: no electricity or no water? Gomer: how did you come to the decision to let your kids watch PG-13 movies? Thoughts about a Catching Foxes Dating Game? Books on teaching that you highly recommend? What's on your food bucket list? Wandavision update? Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!Support Catching Foxes

Luke has COVID and is exhausted, so pray for his recovery and that of his wife, too! I interview Matt Fradd, friend of the show and host of Pints with Aquinas. I ask him questions from our Patrons and we talk about his big move up to Steubenville. Special Guest: Matt Fradd.Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!The Bible Binge: Listen to The Bible Binge on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery App. Wondery… Feel the Story. The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Support Catching FoxesLinks:7 Reasons to LOVE St. Thomas Aquinas | Pints with Aquinas — In this episode, I explain seven reasons why St. Thomas Aquinas was a great writer, teacher, and saint. Here’s your chance to get to know the Angelic Doctor as a person and learn: – What Aquinas was like as a kid, and why his own brothers kidnapped him – What he did when he found a prostitute in his room – How he found the best arguments both for and against his own positions – Some of the fantastic questions he asked that we still ask today, like do dogs go to Heaven? (And I tell you what his answers are) – Why he said you should cry and take hot baths (yes, he said that). I hope that after this episode, you’ll love Aquinas even more!Sibling Horror — Hugh Kinsey was a dead-beat dad who abandoned his family in pursuit of a new life, and when he met Bunny, he thought he'd found it. Blinded by his infatuation with her, he failed to notice Bunny’s dark secret until it tried to swallow him whole.

ADHD creates a funny side-effect of distraction that can lead to hilarious places and regrettable obsessions. Gomer and Luke share theirs. Then Luke brings up the main topic of our latest critical review and the absence of civility today. Sponsored By:The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching Foxes

Gomer intervened again, but this time it seems to have been very costly. There is chaos where there used to be safety. After the 30-minute story time, we go into our interview with Fr. Dave Pivonka and Prof. Bob Rice of the Franciscan University of Steubenville!Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes The Catholic Card Game: We are making an online version of the Catholic Card Game in both ENGLISH and SPANISH! The goal is to fully fund it in February, so head over to the website and pre-order the game and you can back the project directly from there. Support Catching FoxesLinks:“They That Hope” Delivers Humor and Encouragement — Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, and Dr. Bob Rice of Franciscan University of Steubenville have joined forces on “They That Hope,” a new weekly podcast launched on September 30, 2020. The co-hosts want to help listeners find “humor and hope in a crazy world” and to understand that “God is still present in the world and the Church is still holy and beautiful,” said Father Pivonka, president of Franciscan University.President’s Office | Franciscan University of Steubenville — Currently searchable on: Apple Podcasts, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, Deezer, Listen Notes, and Podbean. Coming soon to Pandora, iHeart, and Overcast $15 off Stick Up Cam Battery | Wireless HD Security Camera | Ring — Add security anywhere - inside or out - with the versatile Stick Up Cam Battery. Its wire-free design means you can put it where you need it and move it when you need to. Place it on a flat surface for flexibility or mount it to a wall for a more permanent solution. With Stick Up Cam Battery, you'll always be connected to home so you can see what's happening at anytime. FREE Expedited Shipping From the Archives: Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman — Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a leading authority worldwide on the issues of human aggression and the roots of violence and crime.  Not only has he trained and served in the US military himself, but has spent thousands of hours interviewing military and law enforcement personnel who have experienced war and killing.Bob Rice - YouTube — Welcome to my channel! I pray you are blessed by what you find here. Please subscribe to get updates on the latest content. More about me: https://bob-rice.com

Luke asked for topics. Maybe five or so. We got about 57! So we run through a bunch of good, deep, light, and hilarious questions in this episode. But first! Luke talks** GameStonk!! **Sponsored By:Stereo Jan-Feb: Again, join us Live every Sunday night at 9 central for the Catching Foxes after party. Find me at stereo.com/gomer. The Stereo app is simple and a lot of fun. I’m loving it. Follow me so that you get notified every time I go LIVE and you can join me!BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset - YouTube — Minority Mindset was founded to revolutionize the way Money Minds think about money and to make financial literacy fun. We do this by sharing videos, articles and resources on how to make, save and invest money. #RethinkRich THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset - YouTube — THE GAMESTONK BUBBLE - Wall Street Bets, Reddit Traders, AMC, GME | Minority Mindset

Ssssymbolism conversation continues! And it's Luke's fault, not Gomer's! Luke brings up the meaning behind a King's crown and how society knew where it stood in relation to it. This expands to a whole fascinating look at modern clothing and how hyper-abundance shifts our priorities in how we look, actually making the wearing of formal attire less important. We discuss how symbols in society end up impoverishing that society. Luke then asks, _What came first: the destruction of the symbolic meaning or the loss of personal dignity? _Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching FoxesLinks:VanVickle GoFundMeOtto von Habsburg — The Last Holy Roman Emperor. Paul: A Biography (Audible Audio Edition): N. T. Wright, James Langton, HarperAudio: Audible Audiobooks — In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and best-selling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology - transforming a faith and changing the world. Gal 1-2 RSVCE - Salutation - Paul an apostle—not from - Bible Gateway — 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cili′cia. 22 And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea; 23 they only heard it said, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition: Patterson, Kerry, Grenny, Joseph, McMillan, Ron, Switzler, Al: 8580001040288: Amazon.com: Books — The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high. This new edition gives you the tools to: Prepare for high-stakes situations; Transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue; Make it safe to talk about almost anything; Be persuasive, not abrasive.Special report: City Football Group. Part one – empire building — Article on Manchester CIty Football Group from The Athletic Gratuitous Simpsons Clip — We monorail conductors are a dangerous breed

Luke and I do some quick check-ins regarding the news in DC, why Gomer doesn't watch the news, and how that can be healthy. Then we take a brief detour and talk Project 86, WandaVision, and such, then dive into Symbolic Representation, Mythology, and why the Sacraments just seem like bizarre add-ons to an otherwise rational faith. Sponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes SEEK21: SEEK21 IS a one-of-a-kind immersion experience where all aspects of SEEK will come to life through your small groups. Feb. 4 to Feb. 7, SO REGISTER TODAY! Support Catching FoxesLinks:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business: Postman, Neil, Postman, Andrew: 8601420133051: Amazon.com: Books — What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.Amazon.com: How to Watch TV News (Audible Audio Edition): Jeff Riggenbach, Neil Postman, Steve Powers, Blackstone Audio, Inc.: Audible Audiobooks — A guide to watching television news discusses the calculated programming, the viewer manipulation, and the big business behind today's news networks and shows readers how to interpret what they are hearing and seeing. Original.Secular Monks by Andrew Taggart | Articles | First Things — It seems that something outside the domains of economics and ­sexuality bears on the question before us. My hypothesis is religious. The men I have in mind are “secular monks” who embrace a secular “immanent frame,” ascetic self-possession, and a stringent version of human agency. This secular monasticism may be generating a new kind of celibacy. In A Secular Age, Charles Taylor coins the term “immanent frame” with a view to describing what it’s like to live in the modern world. “We come,” he writes, “to understand our lives as taking place within a self-­sufficient immanent order.” It is an order that requires nothing transcendent in order to function. It seems to arise out of itself and unfold according to its own internal, self-­perpetuating logic.The Reciprocity between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy — 5. Secondly, scientific and technological knowledge, which is so prestigious today, tends to impose itself as a single model in all fields of knowledge and for all kinds of objects. Its radical orientation towards certainty of an empirical and naturalistic type is opposed not only to metaphysical knowledge, but also to knowledge of a symbolic nature. While scientific knowledge emphasizes the capacity of human reason, it does not exhaust all dimensions of reason or knowledge, nor does it cover all cognitive needs for a full human life. Symbolic thinking, with its richness and plasticity, on the one hand, collects and elaborates reflectively the ethical and affective dimensions of experience; and, on the other, touches and transforms the spiritual and cognitive structure of the subject. For this reason, together with all the religious traditions of humanity, the transmission of revelation, with its concomitant cognitive content, is situated in the symbolic sphere, not in the empirical and naturalistic sphere. The sacramental reality of participation in the mystery of grace can only be understood in the unity of this double dimension of the symbolic experience: cognitive and performative. Where the scientistic paradigm reigns, which is blind to symbolic thought, sacramental thought is obstructed.[8] 6. Thirdly, we must still point to a significant cultural change, proper to the new civilization of the image, which poses a new problem to the theological clarification of sacramental faith. While it is true that rationalist modernity minimized the cognitive value of the symbol, contemporary postmodernity nevertheless exalts with great intensity the performative power of images. Thus, it is necessary to overcome the rationalist (modern) prejudice against the cognitive value of the symbolic, without falling into the opposite (postmodern) excess, which reduces the effectiveness of the symbol towards the emotional power of representation, empty of reference. In other words, Christian intelligence must preserve the originality of the Christian sacrament from the risk of double emptying. On the one hand, there is a danger of reducing the symbol-sacrament to the status of a mere cognitive sign that just easily gathers the doctrinal meanings of the faith, without operating any transformation (elimination of the performative dimension of the symbol-sacrament). On the other hand, there is a danger of reducing the symbol-sacrament to the pure aesthetic suggestion carried out by means of its ritual staging, according to the logic of a mere representation that replaces the interior adherence to the symbolized reality of the mystery (suppression of the cognitive dimension). 2017 Maps of Meaning 08: Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation - YouTube — In this lecture, I discuss the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain function, noting that the very hemispheres of the brain are adapted, right/left to the environmental or experiential permanence of chaos/order or unexplored/explored territory, with consciousness serving the Logos role of communicative explorer (a function related in one of its deepest manifestations to the function of the hypothalamically grounded dopaminergic systems). Big Fish (2003) - IMDb — A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life. Jordan Peterson - Harry Potter and the Jungian Shadow - YouTube — Jordan Peterson - Harry Potter and the Jungian Shadow WandaVision - Wikipedia — An Avenger who can harness magic, engage in telepathy and telekinesis, and alter reality.[2][3] Olsen said the series brings the character more in line with the comic book version, including depicting her mental illness,[4] and introducing the "Scarlet Witch" moniker that was not previously used in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[5] Executive producer Kevin Feige added that the series explores the extent and origin of Wanda's powers.[6] Olsen felt her "ownership" of Wanda was strengthened during development of the series,[7] which allowed her to explore new parts of the character's personality such as her humor and sassiness.[8]:30 She was thrilled that WandaVision focuses on Wanda rather than telling her story "through everyone else's story lines" as in the films, and was sold on joining the series when Feige mentioned specific Scarlet Witch comic storylines that inspired WandaVision.[1] Olsen was influenced by Mary Tyler Moore, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Lucille Ball for her performance.[9] SEEK21 | February 4 – 7, 2021 — From February 4 – 7, 2021, we’ll gather across the country in living rooms, campus centers, and parishes for a four-day live broadcast event encountering the heart of the Gospel. 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THE 2020 HOLIDAYS What does A Very Special Carey Christmas look like? What does The Gormley Family Christmas Celebration entail? You'll find out in the opening 10 minutes. Then we dive into our very different New Years' Eve activities for another 20 minutes. We are very wordy, but it all flows into our annual YEARLY THEMES SHOOOOOOOOW! YEARLY THEMES FOR 2020 REVIEWED Luke evaluates Gomer's 2020 theme of Habit and Gomer evaluates Luke's 2020 theme of Committment. Then they both do some self-examination and get a bit more critical of themselves. AKA, This is where Gomer sucks. We also realize how ADHD impacts us and how to adjust accordingly. For instance, Luke prays the Rosary when he gets to a certain part of the highway and Gomer lays out his stuff YEARLY THEMES FOR 2021 The Year of Humility. Gomer realized through abandoning social media that he has been justifying his own self-righteousness and gossipping about others if he perceives an injustice by that person to him. Alasdaire MacIntyre talks about the virtues of Justice, Humility, and Patience are all required to acquire a new craft. Justice means giving to experts and mentors their due. Humility (and humiliations) means repeated failures in public in order to get the flywheel spinning on learning a new talent. Patience means being patient with myself as a stumble forward. This applies to Gomer's workouts and scheduling appointments with doctors and dentists. He is getting anxiety just typing this! The Year of Falling In Love with the Process. Luke realized with the Graduate School and the baby, he's going to be drinking from a firehose. This means limiting intentionally all of the other distractions that hit him. Setting minimums allow him to reduce the friction around good actions and habits, but with being open to going longer on the good stuff, like praying for 15 minutes. He should pray for 30, but sometimes that creates a daunting effect on his ADHD mind, so he will only commit to 15 and if it goes longer, great! The goal is to fall in love with the process. TOP FIVES OF 2020 Luke's Top Fives: Watched the movie Silence, building the Catching Foxes Team, discovering Chess this year, the run that Catholic Stuff You Should Know is currently on, and Everyly being born and all of the things that went into that! Gomer's Top Fives: The Carnivore diet, my new leadership position in the parish, writing a chapter in a book that will come out in a couple of months, My New York City trip with Shannon, and Cecilia's First Confession and Holy Communion.Support Catching Foxes

RULES “Five” Minutes total Cohost must ask one question and have answer provided within five minute span Four topics each Luke USMNT Hope Jurassic Park Christian rock Freddy Adu and American Exceptionalism Gomer YouTube Hobbies Missed Opportunities from parents Mandalorian and Disney Alasdair MacIntyre, Philosophy, and Today Amy Grant’s First Christmas Album is the Abbey Road of Christmas Albums A Star Wars Lover’s critique of The Mandalorian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_J70TgCqV4 Joe Lowery Video on USMNT and what they are doing with possession https://twitter.com/joeclowery/status/1338498985275740160?s=20 Christian Rock Renaissance Luke’s ‘What Year is It?’ playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KHLK3SKf8KrGQOsbGsDj0?si=FlCajl--SDW4v1ai-xp22A American Prodigy: Freddy Adu ‎American Prodigy: Freddy Adu on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com › podcast › american-prodigy-fred... Amy Grant’s ‘A Christmas Album’ Amy Grant - A Christmas Album Godwin’s LawSponsored By:BetterHelp.com: Get 10% off your secure, specialized counseling at BetterHelp.com/foxes Support Catching Foxes