Special Guests: Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster.

Links:

• Natalie and Donnell Homepage — Learn more about Natalie and Donnell, and explore their music.
• Natalie and Donnell on Apple Music
• Natalie and Donnell on streaming
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Special Guest: Fr. Harrison Ayre.

Links:

• Mysterion: The Revelatory Power of the Sacramental Worldview — Mysterion unveils the underlying vision at the heart of Christianity and invites us to enter into a deeper understanding of the mystery and saving work of Christ. We discover the fulfillment of our deepest desires in the sacramental worldview—a powerful way of seeing all created things as pointing us toward God.
• Video Series: Mysterion — A 6-part series on YouTube featuring Fr. Harrison Ayre and an experience of Visio Divina.
• Podcast: Clerically Speaking — The award-winning podcast with Fr. Anthony Sciarappa and Fr. Harrison Ayre.
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Special Guest: Zena Hitz.

Links:

• Zena Hitz.net — This page is mainly to collect my writing for interested readers.
• Lost In Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life — In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life, whether that of a bookworm, an amateur astronomer, a birdwatcher, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects.
• Minds Stocked Only with Opinions: review of ‘Lost in Thought’ by Charles McNamara — Commonweal Magazine review of Zena's book.
• Escape from Quarantine — Zena's reflections on intellectual work in the time of lockdown
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Special Guest: Steve Barr.

Links:

• Society of Catholic Scientists — The Society of Catholic Scientists is an international lay organization that fosters fellowship among Catholic scientists and witnesses to the harmony of faith and reason.
• Book: Modern Physics and Ancient Faith — A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been devoted to the “war between science and religion.” In his accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not science itself, but a philosophy called scientific materialism. Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of Christianity and Judaism about God, the cosmos, and the human soul than with the atheistic viewpoint of scientific materialism.
• Book: The Believing Scientist: Essays on Science and Religion — Elegant writings by a cutting-edge research scientist defending traditional theological and philosophical positions. Both an accomplished theoretical physicist and a faithful Catholic, Stephen Barr in this book addresses a wide range of questions about the relationship between science and religion, providing a beautiful picture of how they can coexist in harmony.
• Article: Attempts to Explain Cosmogony Scientifically
• Video: Stephen Barr on Religion and Science: The Myth of Conflict — Stephen Barr, President of The Society of Catholic Scientists, discusses the unique relationship between faith and science and highlights how his organization combats this myth.
• Book: Faith, Science, & Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge, Second Edition — In our modern scientific and technological culture, it is not an option for Catholics to ignore or have a shallow understanding of the relationship between religious faith and scientific knowledge. Such a lack of understanding limits our ability to spread the Gospel in a world that so needs the Good News of Jesus Christ. Dr. Chris Baglow's "Faith, Science, & Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge, Second Edition," presents this necessary knowledge.
• Book: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief — An instant bestseller, The Language of God provides the best argument for the integration of faith and logic since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. It has long been believed that science and faith cannot mingle. Faith rejects the rational, while science restricts us to a life with no meaning beyond the physical. It is an irreconcilable war between two polar-opposite ways of thinking and living. Written for believers, agnostics, and atheists alike, The Language of God provides a testament to the power of faith in the midst of suffering without faltering from its logical stride.
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Special Guest: Randall Smith.

Links:

• Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide — Preaching was immensely important in the medieval Church, and Thomas Aquinas expended much time and effort preaching. Today, however, Aquinas's sermons remain relatively unstudied and underappreciated. This is largely because their sermo modernus style, typical of the thirteenth century, can appear odd and inaccessible to the modern reader. In Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas, Randall Smith guides the reader through Aquinas's sermons, explaining their form and content. In the process, one comes to appreciate the sermons in their rhetorical brilliance, beauty, and profound spiritual depth while simultaneously being initiated into a fascinating world of thought concerning Scripture, language, and the human mind. The book also includes analytical outlines for all of Aquinas's extant sermons.
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