In this episode, the dogs answer the following questions (live):

• Question #1: Do you have a karaoke song that you like to sing? (Emily, 12:28)
• Question #2: What is the most memorable seminary story? (Nate, 14:00)
• Question #3: How many years were you together? (28:10)
• Question #4: How did you decide to become priests? (John, 29:00)
• Question #5: With the richness of the Catholic faith and so many things to learn, where do you even start? (Jill, 49:00)
• Question #6: What is the hardest part of being a priest? (58:35)

”All that we wanted to maintain is that we would spend time in friendship together.” (Michael Metz, 9:10)

“We’re not good enough at life to give solid advice.” (Rob, 11:25)

“The Holy Spirit had brought us together.” (Connor, 16:00)

“The environment that we were formed in began to shape you.” (Michael Metz on Mundelein’s campus, 21:40)

“Jesus called and asked me to be his priest.” (Michael Metz, 29:30)

“The more I lived out the Catholic faith the happier I was.” (Rob, 32:20)

“In trusting Jesus is how we become who we’re supposed to be.” (Rob, 34:25)

“You are trying to love me way more than I am trying to love you.” (Connor on God, 47:00)

“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” (Rob trying to quote Rocky, 50:45)

“You have to be in love with the Christ of the Gospels.” (Connor, 52:00)

“Catholicism is all relational, it’s all from Christ and toward Christ.” (Michael Metz, 56:20)

“Living with a relentless integrity and never letting that go.” (Michael Metz on the hardest part of the priesthood, 58:40)

“Our lives are hidden with Christ in God.” (Connor quoting St. Paul, 1:00:30)

“I believe God’s love is so real, I’m going to stake my whole life on it.” (Michael Metz, 1:03:20)

• 3DN S7 Episode 10 (LIVE at SEEK2019)
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Don’t Stop Believin’
• Wagon Wheel
• Rocky movie franchise
• Luke 4:14- 30, John 8:59, John 10:31- 39 (“His hour had not yet arrived”)
• John 20:11-18 (Mary seeing Jesus in the garden after the Resurrection)
• Psalm 63
• Colossians 3:3 (“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”)

• SEEK 2019
• Newman Center at UIC
• FOCUS
• Archdiocese of Atlanta
• Bishop Robert Barron
• Fort Bragg
• Pope St. John Paul II Chapel
• Mundelein Seminary
• St. Mary’s Lake
• Holy Land
• canonical retreat
• The Mount of Beatitudes
• Sea of Galilee
• Jameson Irish Whiskey
• John Paul II
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Lincoln, Nebraska
• 30- Day Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Bethany
• Jerusalem
• Aristotle
• John Henry Newman

• Willie Jansen
• Bryan Roberts

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In this episode, the dogs regroup after an 18 month hiatus (3:10). They talk about Connor’s keynote address at Rob’s parish (4:30) and the crucified Christ as the ultimate idol smasher (9:55). Connor reminisces about riding into Luquillo on a horse (13:30) and Mike shares his favorite part of the Palm Sunday liturgy (21:30). They all contemplate how unsettling Holy Week can be and the humility of the priesthood (23:00).

“Do you wanna control the future?” (Connor, 7:40)

“Creating a Eucharistic culture- it will bear fruit- but if you aim at the fruit you will make it something weird.” (Connor, 8:00)

“When you start reaching and grasping for joy is when you can’t find it.” (Connor quoting C.S. Lewis, 8:18)

“A lot of what we do is thinly veiled control of the future.” (Mike, 8:40)

“Idols always promise control and a better future and no more suffering.” (Connor, 10:20)

“I love that Palm Sunday is one of the days you get to say ass during the liturgy.” (Mike, 21:39)

“The sacraments are visible signs of the invisible reality. We cannot make invisible things visible by our strategies and teaching methods.” (Connor, 27:00)

“In a world that’s full of death, you have to shout.” (Mike quoting Flannery O’Connor, 27:40)

“My job is not to be a teacher; my job is to be a priest, to offer sacrifice and worship.” (Mike, 28:40)

“I am not God and yet he lives in me in a way that the people need to accept in order that he may do his work.” (Connor, 30:30)

• Matthew 16:22
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

• SEEK
• Fort Bragg
• Mundelein Seminary
• SIUE
• UIC
• C.S. Lewis
• Bishop Robert Barron
• San Juan, Peurto Rico
• Dominican Republic
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Luquillo, Peurto Rico
• Hanoi, Vietnam
• Paris, France
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Cancun, Mexico
• Bebop
• Rocksteady
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Flannery O’Connor
• Missionaries of Charity

• The bash bros. (Paul and Anthony)

• kerygma
• moral therapeutic deism
• intersticial
• paso fino
• Orcinus orca (derived from Orcus, Roman god of the underworld)
• clericalism

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In this episode, the dogs talk about their recent meet-up at Rob’s parish (01:00). The dogs gush over Rob (9:00), Mike cries at a wedding (2:20), and Connor shares a childhood story about his dad (5:50). They discuss the best video games from when they were kids (11:50), which leads to a discussion of dopamine culture (23:45). Connor closes out with parenting insights from Dr. Becky (38:30) and how to “sit in the tension” of being human with Jesus (41:00).

“High fives all around for friendship.” (Rob, 4:20)

“Rob’s a really good priest.” (Mike, 9:00)

“I wish I could cry.” (Connor, 10:15)

“I would be ready and willing to accept from God a life of suffering.” (Connor, 28:00)

“Being grown-up is being willing to be interrupted and be put-upon.” (Connor, 30:45)

“Here is a man that words cannot describe. Death could not defeat him nor toil dismay him. He did not fear death, nor did he refuse to live.” (Breviary, 36:45)

“Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” (Psalm 24, 38:00)

“Sitting in the tension of the longing is one of the most frustrating things about being a person.” (Connor, 40:40)

“The only way to Heaven is, we have to die.” (Connor, 41:41)

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21, 42:00)

• Napoleon Dynamite
• Super Mario Bros.
• NHL ’94 (Sega Genesis)
• NHL 94 REWIND (Xbox One)
• Super Nintendo
• Blades of Steel (NES)
• Madden NFL
• NBA Jam (1993)
• Guitar Hero
• Halo
• GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64)
• Zelda
• Tony Hawk Pro Skater
• Fortnite
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Dr. Becky Kennedy’s Good Inside

• Blockbuster
• NHL
• Facebook
• Link
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux
• St. Martin de Tours

• Hess Family
• Drew and Emily Hines
• Matthew and Maggie Truty
• Fr. Tim Anastos
• Fr. Nick Blaha
• Ethan Danstrom
• Kevin Metz
• The bash brothers

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