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The Work of Mercy: Bury the Dead, Part 2
The ambiguity of our position as fallen creatures is on full display in how we treat the dead. In the Old Testament, burying the dead
The Work of Mercy: Bury the Dead, Part 1
“The body,” I was taught growing up, “is just the shoebox for the soul.What matters are the shoes, not the box. So when it’s time
The Work of Mercy: Ransom the Captive, Part 2
Not surprisingly, the way Jesus described his mission was precisely in terms of slavery and ransom for the captive. It is worth quoting the passage
The Work of Mercy: Ransom the Captive, Part 1
It’s been a while since the Crusades. As a general rule, when our president goes abroad, he does not get waylaid and find himself in
Dive into the Sheavings
Concupiscence and the Battle of the Spirit
One of the big differences between Catholic teaching and a great deal of the sort of dilute Protestantism that floats around in our culture is the Church’s teaching on temptation and failure after we become Christians. Not a few Protestants have been troubled over the years by the fact that
Reality vs. Ideology
Carl Jung once observed that a mark of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again in the futile hope that this time the results would be different. I sometimes think of Jung when I consider my naively optimistic fellow Washingtonians-and someone else I know. The vast majority of Washingtonians
Shea’s Iron Law of Media-Reported Benedictine Growth
Two years ago, the Mainstream Media (MSM) gathered in a special conclave in Rome to discuss the disastrous election to the Papacy of Ratzinger the Enforcer, God’s Rottweiler, the hardliner, inflexible, rigid, etc. blah blah. Some of us suggested to our television screens that the Talking Heads might want to
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About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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