Episode 19: Transcendental Unity

La Bonne Vie

Deacon Conque and Kyle continue to get transcendental this week by talking about unity, the often forgotten but oh so important transcendental. Join us as we seek to nourish our souls on unity, the spice of being.

Show Notes and Outline of Topics

Quote from Pope St. John Paul the Great, Fides et Ratio

"Set within the Christian metaphysical tradition, the philosophy of being is a dynamic philosophy which views reality in its ontological, causal and communicative structures. It is strong and enduring because it is based upon the very act of being itself, which allows a full and comprehensive openness to reality as a whole, surpassing every limit in order to reach the One who brings all things to fulfillment."

1. Meaning of Unity as a Transcendental

𐄁 being and principle of integrity

𐄁 experiencing beings as unified things, as one thing

𐄁 unity of a being highlights relationships with other unified beings

𐄁 God as unity of persons

𐄁 importance of forming our minds by metaphysical principles

𐄁 the metaphysical dimension of how God named himself as "I am who am"

𐄁 nourishing our souls through unity: integrity

2. Restoring Freedom through Nourishment of the Soul on Unity

𐄁 Why we take study seriously: highest power is the ordering principle

𐄁 forming the highest power: intellect

𐄁 ordering all of our powers and faculties

𐄁 back to basics on the function of education

𐄁 integrity: "come on, be real with me"

𐄁 reason without grace versus reason with grace

𐄁 the unique opportunity of faith in Christ

𐄁 experience and the life of the mind

𐄁 great ideas, when they enter the life of the mind, increases our attention to what is most real

3. Unity in Our Life and Home: Prayerful Contemplation of Great Ideas from Revelation

𐄁 unity as the seasoning of being: having a feast through our experience of reality

𐄁 back to the Trinity: the distinction of each Person in the Trinity highlights the glory of God

𐄁 faith and reason beautifully animate our ability to love

𐄁 circular movement of Love: St. Thomas Aquinas

𐄁 unity and spousal love

𐄁 deepening oneness through pursuing God's love in a meaningful way

𐄁 joy of life, pursuing unity as part of a whole in our marriage and in our home

4. Seeing Knowledge as One

𐄁 avoiding the modern tendency to disintegrate knowledge

𐄁 knowledge is a union with being: the more we know, the more we are united with knowledge

𐄁 let this unity of knowledge echo in the home

𐄁 contemplate with your child out loud, "How is what you learned knowledge?" (in the classical sense)

𐄁 JPG as a campus where knowledge unites our students and not divides them

𐄁 searching for that unity that binds us to one another while increasing what "contrasts" each individual person

𐄁 teaching and parenting from a place of rest

𐄁 the great commandment and the second highlights unity as a both and

𐄁 habitually compromising our health is not real self gift

La Bonne Vie is a podcast offering from John Paul the Great Academy dedicated to discussing the joys, triumphs, struggles, and issues with boldly living out our Catholic, classical mission in Acadiana through vibrant family lives.

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