] and their varying experiences of childhood boredom [8:50]. Rob brings up a farmer who recites Paradise Lost while ploughing the field [19:45] and Connor talks about settling into humanity as a way to find true joy [21:30]. Mike shares about a recent hiking trip [25:50] and they all discuss moments that transcend the subjective.

] “Boredom is running up against the poverty of humanity. We are a question mark to ourselves and we do not have the capacity to fulfill what we ultimately desire. We are dependent on some transcendent other to provide the thing we want the most: permanent, eternal communion.” (Connor)

] “Sloth is the inability to love something that is lovable” (Peter Kreeft)

] “Sooner or later, we enjoy only souls” (from Letters to Young Men as cited in The Priest is Not His Own)