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Episode 77 - The Catholic Guide to Messy Hospitality

9/30/2019

Topics we discussed:

Why hospitality is a Biblical mission
How Christ is both host and guest
Leaving margins in your day
Reclaiming our neighborhoods
Leading with people, following with beauty
The HGTV myth about hospitality
What the Catechism has to say about hospitality as a virtue
How to actually practice hospitality in your daily life

Resources we mentioned:

Catechism Paragraph 1971

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Episode 76 - The 5 Identities of Adam

9/23/2019

Topics we discussed:

Adam's five characteristics based on John Bergsma's thoughts
Understanding our participation in the priesthood of Christ
Freedom, boundaries, and legalism
What C.S. Lewis says about morality and an ordered life
The personalistic norm
The order of loves

Resources we mentioned:

6:03 Man Mornings
Chad Pirotte and Joe's episode about Catholic masculinity
Bible Basics for Catholics
A Year with the Mystics
Adam Young's podcast on ruling over your kingdom
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Images: The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (c. 1791) by Benjamin West

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Episode 75 - Fighting Temptations with Habits

9/16/2019

Topics we discussed:

What it means to strive for virtue
What Aquinas had to say about the journey from vice to virtue
How habits make good servants but bad masters
Building good habits with cues, triggers, and rewards
Self-knowledge and the four tendencies of habit formation
Keystone habits

Resources we mentioned:

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Episode 74 - Exploring the Feminine Genius

9/6/2019

Topics we discussed:

What it means to strive for sainthood as a woman today
Receptivity and what a woman's body reveals to everyone about the Lord's desire for us
Why sensitivity and vulnerability are courageous strengths
Rejecting the idea that taking care of ourselves is selfish
The opportunities Christ gave women for human connection and communion on earth
How all women are called to maternity (physical or spiritual)
The humanity of Our Lady

Resources we mentioned:

Saint Pope John Paul II's Letter to Women

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Episode 73 - Authentic Catholic Masculinity

9/3/2019

Topics we discussed:

Join Chad and Joe for 603 Man Mornings every Tuesday morning September 17th through December 10th. Church of the Nativity, Leawood, in the Parish Hall. 6:03 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
What Scripture has to say about masculinity
The courage to live virtuously
Living a magnanimous life and the example of Christian martyrs
Adam as the original priest
Responsibility and the beauty of loving others

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