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Responding to the CallIn this episode, Walter and Amy discuss the 3rd stage of the Heroic Hearts' Journey and how Joan of Arc responds with courage and resolve to overcome obstacles and those who would resist her Call. They also share thoughts on Lent and how the Church's penitential season can provide opportunities to experience enchantment.Hosts: Walter Emerson, Amy ChaseFind out more at www.heroic-hearts.comContact us at [email protected] Guide01:07 Reflections on Lent05:36 Search for Meaning vs. Happiness07:37 Walter's Enchanting Moment08:21 Prayer Journal 11:51 Amy's Enchanting Moment13:30 Tolkien's creation myth in Silmarillon 14:18 The Phenomenological World14:32 Bishop Barron on our participation in creation16:15 Review of last week's Reflective Questions19:37 Walter's hierarchy of values changes after his encounter with Joan of Arc21:23 Joan of Arc's heavenly advice22:55 St. Therese's hermeneutic of St. Joan23:09 St. Therese's "Pious Recreations" 23:32 Photo of St. Therese as Joan of Arc 26:30 Life of St. Therese book 27:48 3rd Stage of the Hero's Journey - Questioning the Call28:04 The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 29:43 St. Joan's response to her Call to Adventure31:33 Joan's preparation period following her Call33:25 Regine Pernoud on Joan of Arc35:18 Joan of Arc faces resistance to her call37:12 Robert de Baudricourt, governor of Vaucouleurs39:22 Joan of Arc meets Jean de Metz42:44 Joan of Arc's father threatens her45:08 The loyalty of Jean de Metz48:18 Questioning our own calls when we face obstacles50:51 Walter's Reflective Questions52:17 Amy's Reflective Question55:07 "The Morning" by W.S. Merwin Reading AssignmentThis episode: Mark Twain’s “Joan of Arc”, Book 1, Chapters 7-8Next episode: None (catch up week)Reflective QuestionsWalterDescribe a time when you felt a call and were immediately confronted by obstacles or challenges. What was the outcome, and did you grow or shrink in response?Describe a time you felt others were speaking poorly and unfairly about you. Did you defend yourself with virtue or anger/vice? Did your response help or hurt you in accepting your call?AmyHow has doubt, fear, or resistance to change manifested in your own higher calling? How have you dealt with it?Poem: "The Morning" by W.S. Merwin (see publication info below)References cited:Mark Twain's "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc"Bishop Barron's Catholicism series JRR Tolkien's "Silmarillon"August Laveille's "Life of St. Therese of Lisieux"JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit"W.S. Merwin's "The Morning" from "Garden Time" (Copper Canyon Press, 2016). Copyright © 2016 by W. S. Merwin. www.coppercanyonpress.org.Cover Art: Henri Chapu, via Wikimedia Commons
