Also, I've added a new sound - a cow mooing - to the already popular sound of a kitty kat meowing. You'll get it when you hear it.

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Here's this gem from Nat'l Catholic Reporter

Like too many boomer authors, he jumps from a whim to ontology in the twinkling of an eye: The priesthood did not work for Carroll, so the priesthood is the problem and must be abolished. It would be sad if he believed this and did not publish this rubbish. As he does publish it, his influence is pernicious.

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• The Catholic Church Should Abolish the Priesthood - The Atlantic — What remains of the connection to Jesus once the organizational apparatus disappears? That is what I asked myself in the summer before I resigned from the priesthood all those years ago—a summer spent at a Benedictine monastery on a hill between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. I came to realize that the question answers itself. The Church, whatever else it may be, is not the organizational apparatus. It is a community of memory, keeping alive the story of Jesus Christ. The Church is an in-the-flesh connection to him—or it is nothing. The Church is the fellowship of those who follow him, of those who seek to imitate him—a fellowship, to repeat the earliest words ever used about us, of “those that loved him at the first and did not let go of their affection for him.”
• Abolish the Priesthood? A Young Priest Responds — "Abolish the Priesthood? A Young Priest Responds- The Catholic priesthood will outlast all those who call for its abolition" Fr. Dominic Bouck
• The Case Against Abolishing the Priesthood | America Magazine — In the Dec. 11, 2000, issue of The New Yorker, the magazine’s revered literary critic James Wood began his review of the writings of J. F. Powers with a blunt question, “Does anyone, really, like priests?” I read that article a few months after my ordination to the priesthood. I found it hard to understand not only how an intelligent person could write a sentence like that, but how a prestigious magazine could print it.
• James Carroll's call to 'Abolish the Priesthood' is misguided and tiresome | National Catholic Reporter — Carroll's embrace of theology is thoroughly opportunistic. At one point, he yearns for the pre-Constantinian church of Jesus' early followers, but later he states, "When the Catholic imagination, swayed by Augustine, demonized the sexual restlessness built into the human condition, self-denial was put forward as the way to happiness. But sexual renunciation as an ethical standard has collapsed among Catholics, not because of pressures from a hedonistic 'secular' modernity but because of its inhumane and irrational weight." But it is in the Gospels themselves that Jesus advocates self-denial, encourages the unmarried to remain celibate, and tells his followers to take up their cross and follow him. Following Jesus can lead down many different paths, but none of them have to do with sexual liberationism.

Also, pray for priests who are discarded by the workaholism and isolation of this modern twisted culture. And thank God for priests willing to fight for not just holiness, but their own health, virtue, and community.

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Our buddy David is now a priest! Fr. David Hust has a nice ring to it. It was awesome watching a friend of 17 years become a Roman Catholic Priest and celebrate his first Mass. It was a very traditional sung Mass and was just beautiful.

Then Luke gives us his 5 points on how Catholic Dating Does Have to Suck (but probably will).

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• Significant AAPL investors put pressure on Apple to add better parental control features to iPhones and iPads | 9to5Mac — Significant Apple investors have published a new open letter, ‘Think Differently About Kids’, asking Apple to dramatically improve the parental control features in iPhone and iPads, citing research into the negative psychological effects of kids over-using technology.
• Apple WWDC 2018 keynote in 14 minutes - YouTube — During the Apple WWDC 2018 keynote, CEO Tim Cook introduced all the latest updates for iOS 12 and the new macOS Mojave. Apple also introduced a new digital health dashboard and Memoji, aka customized Animoji.
• WWDC - Apple Developer — Homepage for the WWDC
• Parental Controls & Internet Filtering. — Circle with Disney — The smart way for families to manage content and time online, on any device
• The Best Wi-Fi Router for 2018: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company — After spending over 100 hours testing 18 routers, we think the Netgear R7000P is the best wireless router for most people. It’s fast and reliable at both short and long ranges, it balances the demands of connected devices automatically to avoid congestion, and it works well right out of the box, with no arcane tweaking required.
• Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Household | Franciscan University of Steubenville — Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam  “For the Greater Glory of God”   “So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the Greater Glory of God” – 1 Corinthians 10:31 
• My Roman Wedding Ring by AMDGomer | Free Listening on SoundCloud — It's about the priesthood, written from the perspective of a young man discerning the priesthood. It draws a lot on the Song of Songs, the city-centered ministry writings of Rev. Timothy Keller, and some beautiful things Bishop Robert Barron says about his own priesthood. I hope you enjoy. Thank you, www.BenSounds.com for the music. SpokenBridepriesthoodVocation
• Millennial Corner: Dating Podcast Part II – Catholic Telegraph — A few weeks ago, Luke Carey, the Director of the Office for Young Adult Evangelization & Discipleship, gave a Theology on Tap talk called, ‘Dating: It Doesn’t Have to Suck (But It Probably Will).’ Luke recorded a podcast with author and speaker Arleen Spenceley to explore the remaining questions from the Q & A session.
• George Costanza Does The Opposite - YouTube — George Costanza Does The Opposite
• Hans Urs von Balthasar: Rediscovering Holistic Christianity - Audiobook | Audible.com — Explore the profound spirituality of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Born in Switzerland, Balthasar (1905-1988) was one of the most prolific and sophisticated Catholic thinkers of the 20th century. As you will discover, Balthasar's theology provides a powerful model for the Catholic Church in the modern world.
• How God Became King - Audiobook | Audible.com — New Testament scholar N. T. Wright reveals how we have been misreading the Gospels for centuries, powerfully restoring the lost central story of the scripture: that the coronation of God through the acts of Jesus was the climax of human history. Wright fills the gaps that centuries of misdirection have opened up in our collective spiritual story, tracing a narrative from Eden to Jesus to today. Wright's powerful rereading of the Gospels helps us realign the focus of our spiritual beliefs, which have for too long been focused on the afterlife. Instead, the forgotten story of the Gospels reveals why we should understand that our real charge is to sustain and cooperate with God's kingdom here and now.

We interview Fr. Mike Schmitz, of the Diocese of Duluth and the University of Minnesota Duluth Newman Center. He's a phenomenal homilist and you should subscribe to his homilies. He also grows an amazing beard every winter, has a vast comic book knowledge, and deeply loves his vocation to the priesthood.

• Chris Farley, our beloved actor
• Tommy Boy
• Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy
• Life-sized Replica of Han Solo frozen in carbonite for $7,000
• Here is an amazing article by Dr. Peter Kreeft on Discernment. I read it 10 years ago and it is just as good today as it was back then.
• When Catholic schools go lame, they do the Enneagram and Primal Scream
• OH BOY! You should definitely read Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed! (and if you click this particular link it is connected to our Amazon Affiliate account and you help support the show!)
• Fr. Mike and Mike Gormley, united by the SOLT mission in Belize!
• When Homosexuality hits home.
• Fr Mike's article: My Side of the Confessional: What Is It Like for a Priest?

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Special Guest: Father Mike Schmitz.

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