Romance and the Sacrament of Reconciliation | Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P.

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This lecture was given on February 2nd, 2024, at Iowa State University.

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About the Speaker:

Fr. Dominic Langevin, O.P., is dean and assistant professor of dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies, where he teaches courses principally in sacramental theology and liturgiology. He is the secretary/treasurer of the Academy of Catholic Theology. He did his undergraduate degree at Yale University. He entered the Dominican Order in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2005. He earned his doctorate from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of the book From Passion to Paschal Mystery and was editor of the journal The Thomist from 2018 to 2021.

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0:50.9	Now in terms of the genesis of this talk, this Wednesday is simultaneously St. Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday.
1:00.4	So it's a day of romance and a day of penance.
1:04.5	So in working with the Timisic Institute organizers here on campus, we thought we'll try to do something a bit different,
1:11.8	bringing together romance and the sacrament of reconciliation. Now, in terms of romance, we need
1:18.7	an example that we can use as a particular theme, just human interest over the course of this
1:24.4	talk. So yesterday was also the Super Bowl. Now I understand I did my research
1:30.3	kind of going in. I was kind of thinking about this over the last month or two, seeing who's going to
1:34.9	win the playoff games and wondering how this would have, you know, kind of be of interest or not to Iowans.
1:41.9	So I did find, at least, on the internet, that some are Iowans from
1:46.9	southern part of Iowa root for a Kansas City of Chiefs. So maybe there was some Kansas
1:52.4	Chief fans. But then at the same time, you know, there's, you know, a quarterback from San Francisco
1:58.0	49ers, Brock Purdy, was Iowa State.
2:01.6	So maybe for a minimum hearing, most of you actually were rooting for the 49ers and not for the Kansas City Chiefs.
2:09.6	Now, in terms of romance, though, well, the most high-profile American romance right now is between Taylor Swift and Travis
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