Why Do We Search For Meaning? | Inspirit Season 2 - Episode 13

Season 2 Episode 13 - The Vocation to Transcendence & the Civilizing Force of TranscendenceIn this episode, Fr. Thomas and Anthony are joined by their good friend Fr. Jose Lopez, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami and a faculty member at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Florida. Together, they explore the origins of transcendence and what we mean by transcendence. Drawing on the earliest moments of human civilization, they reflect on how the human search for meaning has always been marked by openness to the divine and by a response to transcendence. The conversation then turns to why modern culture often resists or shies away from transcendence and how, as Christians, we are called to reclaim it by engaging reality more deeply. This conversation is based on Fr. Jose Lopez's paper and class, The Origins of the Transcendental Vocation and Its Civilizing Force.https://www.seektruth.one/2025/09/03/transcendental-vocation.html ReferencesDunbar Number - Why we can only maintain 150 relationships - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191001-dunbars-number-why-we-can-only-maintain-150-relationshipsWhat makes Humans Different ? Fiction & Cooperation - Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-makes-humans-different-fiction-and-cooperation-180953986/The Four-Hour Work Week - Timothy Ferris Buffered & Porous Self - Charles Taylor - https://tif.ssrc.org/2008/09/02/buffered-and-porous-selves/C.S.Lewis Trilemma on Jesus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%27s_trilemmaPope Gregory XVI calls railroads - 'roads to hell' - https://paleofuture.com/blog/2023/5/17/the-pope-who-banned-the-telegraph-street-lights-and-railroads-as-the-roads-of-hell?utm_source=chatgpt.comPope Francis - The Church can't be a museum - https://www.reuters.com/article/world/pope-says-church-cant-be-museum-must-be-open-to-change-idUSKCN0RZ0PP/?utm_source=chatgpt.com