Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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 political philosophy.

Send us Fan Mail Plato is definitely a big dog.  His most important ideas are the working up of the cardinal virtues, the proposal of spiritual realities (the realm of the forms), and the idea of participation.  

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Send us Fan Mail  Friends, we continue this podcast series on the Eucharist, getting deeper into Communion.  The foundation of this is the following truth: Receiving Communion presumes communion with God and the Church of God. Baptism gives birth to that Communion. Reconciliation and Profession of Faith heals and restores that Communion. Holy Communion nourishes that communion (it does not make or...

Send us Fan Mail I dive on in here.  The big take away is that the greatest effect of the Eucharist is the Communion, which is our participation in the life of God.  It has ramifications for our life with each other, most definitely, as well.

Send us Fan Mail This is a gamechanger episode, specifically because it changed my game! After learning this, I was so much more able to pray the Mass. Here are a few quotes: a.      Gregory of Nazianzen writing to another bishop: “Cease not both to pray and to plead for me when you draw down the Word by your word, when with a bloodless cutting you sever the body and blood of the Lord, using your...

Send us Fan Mail Here's the two big takeaways: 1) Jesus sacrifice to the Father was infinitely more pleasing than our sins against the Father were displeasing.  Jesus wins the scales of justice to win the outpouring of mercy! 2) The sacrifice we offer in the Mass is the same sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.  It is made sacramentally present (that is, made truly present mediated mysteriously t...

Send us Fan Mail We dive right into sacrifice, the basics of sacrifice.  It's kind of a big deal because we talk about the Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Jesus.  We have words like priest and offering and propitiation and oblation, etc.  Why? Well tune right on in!

Send us Fan Mail Here we go! First, we look at Berengarius' bad idea. Then we look at the historical correction of this, ultimately with Thomas Aquinas, with some of his other important insights into the Eucharist. Finally, we have a quick glimpse and some contemporary (bad) ideas of the Eucharist.

Send us Fan Mail We start the second part in this series, now looking into the Eucharist as the Presence of Jesus Christ. The first comment is based on the words of Jesus. If the God, Father Son and Holy Spirit, created the universe with a word, then why would we be surprised if with a word the Son changed a piece of bread into his body. The second was about transubstantiation. Substance is what n...

Send us Fan Mail Here is another insight into the early church.  We learn from him 1. The full goal of the Eucharist is for the members to be united in Christ in charity 2. The realism of the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist 3. The power of the word of Christ to make the substantial transformation 4. Some practical insights into the life of the early church: the daily Mass, the worship before re...

Send us Fan Mail Here, we go through a bunch of insights from the early church fathers!  They are great witnesses of what the early church believed and how they worshipped.

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, this week, we have three principal parts: 1) John 6 2) The Institution Narrative 3) A quick survey of some other New Testament allusions to the Eucharist

Send us Fan Mail We covered a lot of ground and some cool bits of Scripture.  Here's some of those verses: Part 1: Foreshadowings of the Eucharist as Presence --The Shekinah:  Exodus 24 Hebrews 9:2-7 Exodus 25:8 Exodus 25:21-22 Exodus 29: 42-46 Exodus 40:34-38 2 Chronicles 7:1-2 John 2:19-21 Part 2: Foreshadowings of the Eucharist as Sacrifice (I guess I just summarized a bunch!) Leviticus 16...

Send us Fan Mail Here we are! Starting up this new series. I'm super pumped so that this can participate in the National Eucharistic Revival.  I said it will be a series of series, which means: 1) The first series will be about the sources of our theology (Scripture and Tradition) 2) The second series will be about the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist 3) The third series will be about the S...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about the greatest theologian possibly of all time. Could he really be the GOAT of theology? Probably. First, I give a little background of his life and holiness. Second, I describe his teaching about the only possible way to talk about God: through analogy. Third, I share a story at the end of the life, lest we forget the fullness of the proclamation of who God is. 

Send us Fan Mail Modernism is that arch enemy that seeks to rob the world of the simplicity of God's truth pervading everything. May we have the resilience to do the very opposite, not subjugating the truths of faith to a separate category, but to allow it to be the lens through which we come to the fullness of truth as He revealed.

Send us Fan Mail Man!  We cover some serious ground! We go through various heresies and the first five ecumenical councils of the Church. We hear of the saints and heroes, but also of big time losers.

Send us Fan Mail "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. All things came to be through Him." Some practical takeways are: 1) Since the "Word" was spoke to us, we are at the core of our being "Hearers of the Word." 2) We are created with an order leading to our max goodness, so we should follow that order (ethics/morality) and ar...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is the Eternal Son of God, and this is clearly the best way to understand Him. The relationship between the Father and Son is precious and beautiful. The Son is Pure Mission of the Father. Listen to the end to hear how this affect my life!

Send us Fan Mail Here we dive in to some of the Scriptural Background of the teaching about the Trinity.  Obviously, the unity of God must be firmly established first, and then we look for the clues to highlight that in His Oneness, He is an eternal community of love of three Divine Persons. There are certainly figures in the Old Testament that give witness to this, but it becomes all the more cle...

Send us Fan Mail A key thing we need to do as we look to learn about God from the created world is believe that what we create resemble us in some way.  If God creates, His creation will reflect Him. This belief and perspective is called a sacramental worldview, where the world is a sign that points to an invisible reality: God. We learn that God is 1) More than the Creator 2) God is rational 3) G...

Send us Fan Mail It's not hard to summarize this one: 1. God is Beyond 2. God is All-Good

Send us Fan Mail This is a re-do of one of the original teachings I have done, but now with improved sound and a more crisp intro (rather than the choppy intro where I did it on facebook live talking with the people listening). The big themes are: 1. God takes the initiative with us 2. He reveals Himself out of love 3. He comes down to our level to prepare us for the full revelation. 4. God's...