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Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing Viktor Frankl's concept of the spiritual unconscious and unconscious religiousness as well as his criticism of Carl Jung and Jungian archetypes.

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This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- Frankl's concept of of the spiritual unconscious and unconscious religiousness

- What is the Spiritual Unconscious?

- What i...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing Julian of Norwich's concept of God as mother and other aspect of the feminine and divinity in Catholic theology.

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This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- Julian of Norwich's notion of God as Mother

- God as the totality and unity of fatherhood and motherhood

- The Bible and other ancient religions on gods and...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing the Easter Vigil "Exsultet" and the truly necessary sin of Adam and happy fault (Felix Culpa!).

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This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- The Necessary Sin of Adam

- The meaning of necessity

- Why God allowed Adam to sin

- Why can the Fall be called "happy"

- The Original World vs. the World of Redemption

- Re...

Lee Benson discusses the gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Easter.

Reading selection for Second Sunday of Easter

- (Gospel): Jn 20:19-31

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Saint Thomas's doubt

- The nature of doubt

- The relationship between doubt and faith

- Doubt being a part of every act of faith

- How those who are unbelievers also doubt

- Faith as a form of knowledge and vision

- Nature and meaning of faith

Su...

Lee Benson discusses the significance of the Resurrection and the symbolism of the Easter Liturgy.

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Christ as the fulfillment of all archetypes and myths

- The Sun and it's connection to Jesus Christ and the Resurrection

- The cosmos and the Resurrection

- Signs, symbols, and meaning of the Easter Liturgy

- Death and Resurrection

- Christianity belief is historical

- The centrality an...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing the hymns and poetry from the Good Friday liturgy. I will look at the cross as a mystery and the symbolism of the cross as well as connect it to Nietzsche’s concept of the death of God.

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his episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- Nietzsche’s proclamation of the death of God and it’s meaning

- Death of God conne...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for Palm Sunday 2024.

Reading selection for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

- (First Reading): Is 50:4-7

- (Pslam): Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

- (Second Reading): Phil 2:6-11

- (Gospel): Mk 14:1—15:47

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Saint Paul's Christ-poem

- Christ's divine humility and self-emptying

- The Cross as a full revelation of t...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing original sin and psychology. Should psychology address original sin or ignore it? What role does the doctrine of original sin play in psychology? Is the doctrine helpful?

This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- Can psychology ignore, disregard, or reject original sin?

- What is the place of original sin in psychology?

- "Proving" original sin from effect to cause

- Orig...

Lee Benson discusses and provides Biblical commentary for the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2024.

Reading selection for 5th Sunday in Lent:

- (First Reading): Jer 31:31-34

- (Pslam): Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15

- (Second Reading): Heb 5:7-9

- (Gospel): Jn 12:20-33

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Christ the Logos

- The background of Letter to the Hebrews

- Christ as both human and divine

- The connection of suf...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing and answering a question that was submitted to me by email. I am addressing the question of man's hylomorphic nature: what part of man is material and what part is immaterial and how do these interact? What is the distinction between mind and brain activity?

This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

- Hylomorphism: Matter and form defined and explained

- The nature of the bod...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2024.

Reading selection for 4th Sunday in Lent:

- (First Reading): 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23

- (Pslam): PS 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6

- (Second Reading): Eph 2:4-10

- (Gospel): Jn 3:14-21 

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Nietzsche's criticism of faith and works (sola fide and justification by faith alone)

- The necessity of l...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, we are discussing how analytical psychology, Carl Jung's psychology, can help us understand the psychological value of the Sacrament of Penance (Confession).

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This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

-What is confession?

-The nature of conscience

-Examination of conscience

-Self-Knowledge according to Carl Jung

-Recognizing the...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for the Third Sunday of Lent, 2024.

Reading selection for 3rd Sunday in Lent:

- (First Reading): Ex 20:1-17

- (Pslam): Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11

- (Second Reading): 1 Cor 1:22-25

- (Gospel): Jn 2:13-25

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- The meaning of "You shall not have other gods beside me"

- The existence of other supernatural beings

- The prohibition...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today we are talking about the virtue of religion and Jordan Peterson's claim to "act as if God exists."

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This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Virtue of Religion: Definition and meaning

- How the virtue of religion differs from the virtue of faith

- Religion as a "practice" and not a theory

- What it means to act in a religious ma...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for the Second Sunday of Lent, 2024.

Reading selection for 2nd Sunday in Lent:

- (First Reading): Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18

- (Psalm): Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19

- (Second Reading): Rom 8:31b-34

- (Gospel): Mk 9:2-10

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- My approach to Scriptural hermeneutics or method of interpretation (Bonus!)

- Sacrifice as nat...

Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today we are talking Fr. Victor White's book "Soul and Psyche" and the integration of the shadow or integration of evil.

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This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Integration of evil/shadow Jordan Peterson and Carl Jung

- An analysis of Peterson's and Jung's integration of the shadow

- What is meant by “evil”?

- Philosophical definiti...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for the First Sunday in Lent, 2024.

Reading selection for 1st Sunday of Lent: 

- (First Reading):  Gn 9:8-15

- (Pslam): Ps 25:4-9

- (Second Reading): 1 Pt 3:18-22

- (Gospel): Mk 1:12-15

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- The Renewal of the Covenant with Noah

- The universal or cosmic covenant God makes with all creation

- The typology of the Flo...

Welcome to the Monday Muse where Lee Benson ruminates and explores various topics of interest! Today we are discussing Ash Wednesday and the purpose and meaning of "Mortification."

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This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- Freud's Eros and Thanatos instinct (for fun!)

- The symbolism of ashes and death

- The meaning, nature and purpose of "mortification"

- Why w...

Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2024.

Reading selection for 6th Sunday Ordinary Time:

- (First Reading): Lv 13:1-2, 44-46

- (Pslam): Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11

- (Second Reading): 1 Cor 10:31—11:1

- (Gospel): Mk 1:40-45

This episode discusses, explores and examines:

- The three categories in the Israelite camp: Holy, Clean, and Unclean

- What does it mean to be ...