Three Dogs North

In this episode, the dogs discuss summer movies (1:00), putting the highest goods first (14:00), and how God uses His incarnational reality to draw us into deeper communion (29:40). Additionally, Michael Metz discovers the hermeneutic circle in real time (30:40).

Quotes:

“How important it is for me to not try and take the greatest goods and use them as a manipulation to get the things that I want.” (Michael Metz, 14:00)

"Treat the good as a good not because it’s beneficial, but just because they are good in and of themselves.” (Michael Metz, 14:55)

"You can fail to enjoy even the secondary goods when you don’t put the highest good first.” (Connor, 22:10)

"Nothing really can ever be lost; the giver of every good gift has promised, 'I am with you always even until the end of the age.'” (Connor, 23:10)

“No doubt, it is a great grace to receive the sacraments. When God does not permit it, it is good too! Everything is grace!” (Connor quoting St. Therese, 25:50)

"In the caverns of a baptized soul, there is this love. You don't stop being a person, you don't stop being a person who wants all the things people want, but you’re able to freely give them up.” (Connor, 35:50)

"We also need to be open to receiving the good things that God wants to give us.” (Michael Metz, 37:10)