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Episode 79: Of Goose classes, the Exodus, and the 'Our Father': A Review of Fr. Vincent McNabb's The Church and the Land, Pt 1

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Release Date: 09/01/2022

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Topics for Episode 79:

  • Goose Harvest class, 2:36
  • Traditional Skills Summit, 14:33
  • The Ozark Homesteading Expo, 16:59
  • White Oak Pastures Backyard Butcher Workshop, 19:07
  • Melissa Noris, 21:54
  • Fr Vincent McNabb, 23:15
  • A departure from order and philosophy, 26:49
  • The four causes, 28:31
  • Corn as it's acted upon by its four causes, 33:20
  • Isolate the material causes, 37:00
  • What a city is, 42:25
  • Liberalism and communism have the same end, 47:10
  • Reasons to leave the city, 54:09
  • The order in The Lord's Prayer, 1:01:18

The section of The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb that Brandon reads includes a quote from Rural Roads to Security by Mgr. Ligutti, and then flows into another from Alternative to Death by the Earl of Portsmouth. 

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