Topics we discussed:

• Why our conceptions of Heaven are usually too small and too selfish
• What our top five joyful moments in life can teach us about Heaven
• Biblical backing for Divinization
• What the Church Fathers have to say about becoming like God
• How it's only through divinization that we can enjoy and praise God to the fullest
• How our daily lives change when we constantly desire Heaven and divinization

Resources we mentioned:

• "Heaven" by Talking Heads
• "Spe Salvi" by Pope Benedict XVI 

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Is the idea of hell - an eternity of suffering apart from God - compatible with the idea of an all-good and loving God?

Topics we discussed:

• Whether or not Hell is compatible with an all-good, loving God
• Our infinite craving for good as human beings (and why we still do dumb things)
• Why we believe that God is capable of satisfying the infinite chasm in our hearts
• Why God can't create a world where we're happy with things other than him
• Reasons why you should confess even your venial sins regularly  

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Resources we mentioned:

• ​God & Hell: Our Infinite Hunger (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: God or Hungry Ghosts? (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: The Infinite Good (a Shameless Popery post by Joe)
• God & Hell: The "Limits of God's power (a Shameless Popery post by Joe​​
• "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle

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The last line of the Nicene Creed says, "I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come." Why is it that Christians look forward to the final judgement? And if we don't, why should we?

Topics we discussed:

• When we will be judged 
• On what the Lord will judge us 
• Seeing judgement in a new light 
• The three comings of Christ 
• How we should prepare for this liturgical season of Advent and our lifelong Advent 

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Resources we mentioned:

• Advent of the Heart by Father Alfred Delp
• The Shaking Reality of Advent by Father Alfred Delp
• Saint Pope John Paul II's exhortation on Reconciliation and Penance 
• The World is Ending: The Hidden Meaning of Advent ​

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Memento Mori, Remember your death. 

Topics we discussed:

• A very traditional take on Advent
• Why we should talk about death during Advent, not just at Halloween or during Lent
• What death is, and what it reveals about us
• Why we should talk about death even though the culture doesn't want us to
• How Christ redeems death
• Why a healthy view of death flies in the face of American culture today

Resources we mentioned:

• ​The Four Last Things by Saint Thomas More 
• The Church's General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar
• Peter Kreeft and Primitive Man's Argument from Dead Cow
• Kristin Lavransdatter by Singrid Undset (if you're picking it up for the first time, get the Penguin translation)
•  Death in Kristin Lavransdatter by Tyler Blanski

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