Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast
I want to have easy access to good stuff for good people, and so I bring you some simple yet deep insights here for people on the fly. I'm always open to requests for topics, so give me a holler!
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Marriage #9: Discernment and Preparation for Marriage
To enter into marriage, like all vocations, you've got to discern marriage it! Do I want to enter into conyugal love with this person?There is also the preparation: remote (from kid-years to young adult-years), proximate, and immediate....
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Marriage #7: Marriage Is a Huge HELP! That grace within the sacrament of marriage
Sacraments are instruments, they do what they signify.Sanctifying grace increases.Sacramental graces are made available (constantly), though they might not be able to be fruitful because of mortal sin or lack of attentiveness to receivi...
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Marriage #6: How is Marriage a Sacrament? How does that work?
We get into some stuff here:A Sacrament is a sacred sign instituted by Christ to sanctify us and build up the Church.It is a primordial sacrament from the beginning because it is a communion of persons that represents THE Commun...
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Marriage #5: St Paul and the Beauty of Marriage in Ephesians 5
This is awesome. This is an excellent candidate for wedding readings any day of the week!
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Marriage #4: Jesus Goes Old School with Marriage "Back to the Beginning"
Here, Jesus lays out his teaching on marriage by taking us back to Genesis.He highlights the permanence of marriage.He clarifies what constitutes adultery, in an external way and in an internal way.He also talks about Hi...
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Marriage #3: The Old Testament Foundations of Marriage (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
The first two chapters of Genesis are excellent.But I also take a birds eye view of key figures, the legislative texts, Wisdom literature, and the prophets.
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Marriage #2: From a Natural Law Perspective
Natural Law: God has an eternal, beautiful wise plan with which He created the universe. He placed this plan in our very being. We have the intellect to recognize it and the freedom to participate in it.The ends of marriage are (1) the ...
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New Series on Marriage! The Challenges of Today and the Promise of Tomorrow. John Paul II's Theology of the Body
We start pretty fast!It's clear that marriage is hurting as an institution: fewer marriages later in life with less children and more divorces... Tough times...Why? In addition to the selfishness and weakness of the flesh of all...
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Being a Good Speaker: Rhetoric 101
Rhetoric is the craft/art of Persuasion, persuading someone to adjust an attitude or behavior. It is made up of three elements:Ethos--the credibility of the speakerPathos--the open frame of mind of the audienceLogos--the m...
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Being a Good Thinker: Logic 101
How can you be a good thinker? Well, it doesn't happen by accident.You need to make an argument that is good, valid (following the rules of logic) and soun (with truthful premises).You can do it starting with more specific think...
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Wow. I wrote a novel! Plus, I think it's worth reading!
Holy smokes, my friends, I wrote a book! "A Brave New Algorithm" by Sean O'BrienYou can find it on Amazon and Walmart's website. Give it a good rating!In this episode, you'll hear the story behind it, the writing process, what c...
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Philosophy Appendix: Christ Bringing Healing to Our Wounds, Hurts, and Brokenness
See Bob Schuchts Book "Be Healed" for more.An actual or perceived injustice can open the door for us to believe a lie. That bad belief can then lead to an inner vow, which then opens the door to a lot of hurts in life.Heal...
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Intro to Phil #11: Humans in Community: True Participation. Communism and Individualism are Bad Extremes
We're not individualist or communists. We've got to aim at the truth right down the middle. We have our unique, personal human dignity, and yet we rely on others.This is how to do it:--Solidarity--Healthy opposition--D...
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Intro to Phil #10: Philosophy of Education--What's the goal? What are we hoping for? How should we do it?
Education! Here's the name of the game.There's a lot of goals for education, but let's be different and say that human flourishing is the top goal towards which all the other elements of education aim.What is human flourishing? ...
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Intro to Philosophy #9: Integrating all these dynamic parts of our humanity!!! (I like this episode)
Integrating means two things:a) recognizing dynamic elementsb) putting them in the right direction (which is towards human flourishing or divine charity)The dynamic elements are:1) The emotionalization of our experience2...
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Intro to Philosophy #8 Knowing Truth--Is it Possible? The Importance of the Senses!
We dive into this pretty dang deeply!Big Conclusions:--The received is in the receiver according to the mode of the receivers.--All knowledge comes through the senses (unless infused by God)--True knowledge is the real assen...
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Intro to Philosophy #7: The Beauty of God's Eternal Law Made Flesh (Natural Law)
Natural Law is great!God's eternal law, that is, His wise plan of order and beauty for the universe, was placed into created beings by ordering them through tendency and inclination towards their proper end. The eternal law is placed in...
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(Fixed) Intro to Philosophy #6: Who is the Human Person? Getting to ourselves
We dive into this (after a problem with uploading).This is a look at the structure of the human person, and while it's longer than I anticipated, I believe it is super important. I use the 4 causes of Aritotle to get into this:T...
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Emmaus Teaching #7: The Passover Lamb
I love these kinds of teaching! Seeing how the Old Testament conceals the New Testament, which reveals the full purpose of the Old, and then to see how it is lifted up in our experience of the Resurrected Lord in the liturgy and in our life! Th...
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Intro to Philosophy #5: Arguments for God's Existence (Newman and the 5 Ways of Thomas Aquinas)
We dive into the topic today, recognizing that with a proper understanding of causality in different ways helps to prepare the way for any argument for God's existence.Newman's argument flows from conscience? Where does law come from? W...
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Intro to Philosophy #5: How does causing work? The prep for arguments for the God's existence.
You might like this one--it was easy to include many examples!Remeber, the Principle of Sufficient Reason: Everything must be its own sufficent reason for its existence or it must find it in another. Or, everything must either have a ca...
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Intro to Philosophy #4 What is basic reality of everything? Metaphysics, Participation, Being
We definitely take a deep dive, but the goal is that I teach with simple principles and sufficient examples. Please God!This answers the great question of life: what is the basis of all existence? How are things related with each ...
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Intro to Philosophy #3 Who is Aristotle and Why is He Kind of a Big Deal
Aristotle was a monster intellect with a raveningly hungry mind thirsty for wisdom. Some of his big contributions are to recognize that the material world is important, his thoughts on what happiness is, his focus on studying being, even ...
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