{"id":95762,"date":"2016-06-14T07:48:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=95762"},"modified":"2016-06-14T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:48:31","slug":"its-the-connecting-the-dots-bonanza-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2016\/06\/its-the-connecting-the-dots-bonanza-post.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s the “Connecting the Dots” Bonanza Post!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

For you gluttons for punishment, here are the last four shows<\/p>\n

Rod Bennett and I discuss monster movies and past Presidents from a Catholic perspective:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I interview Tricia B\u00f8lle, President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laymissionary.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">St. Francis Xavier Lay Missionary Society<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/p3h27-600b77\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I quize newly minted Deacon Steven Greydanus about the super-powers conferred on him in ordination and we talk about the Three Ages of PIXAR:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/kczgz-600f33\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Simcha and I discuss the latest gun slaughter in the US and she reads her fine essay on the common (and perfectly understandable) \u201cDon\u2019t send thoughts and prayers\u201d trope that is circulating around:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/b8z5w-602346\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The irony of the \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d goo from people who are adamantly bent on making absolutely sure that nothing changes with our current gun regime is that Jesus has even sterner words to say about refusal to act to save lives than the angriest atheist:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNot every one who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. \u00b6 On that day many will say to me, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?\u2019 And then will I declare to them, \u2018I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.\u2019\u201d (Mt 7:21\u201323). <\/p>\n<p>In a 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