About this episode

Msgr. Fred Dolan discusses the critical roles of the intellect, will, and heart in our spiritual journey, using the Odyssey as a metaphor for modern Christian challenges.

In this podcast, Msgr. Fred Dolan examines three critical players in our spiritual life: the intellect, will, and heart. He offers a view of our life as a “journey back home,” relating the perilous journey in Homer’s Odyssey as a way of understanding the dangers confronting the Christian life in the modern world. “What a shame it would be,” he says, “to allow our day, our life, to be shipwrecked by the sirens of YouTube, a Netflix series, or Tik Tok.” Ultimately, Odysseus and his crew made it...

People in this episode

Guest: Msgr. Fred Dolan

Topics covered

• spiritual life
• Christian journey
• modern challenges
• intellect
• will
• heart

Keywords

• spirituality
• Christianity
• Odyssey
• intellect
• will
• heart
• modern world
• journey

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Books & works: Homer’s Odyssey

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