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The Drama of Worship in the Holy Spirit Catholic worship, like Jewish worship before it, is deeply liturgical. Liturgy means “the work of the people”
Learning to Worship God Saves Creatures from Our Destructive Demands Another reason God commands we learn to worship him is to save his creatures from
Human Beings: Made for Worship, But Broken Too The Psalms speak of the whole of creation adoring and glorifying God. Sun, moon, stars, fire, hail,
With the Father and the Son He is Adored and Glorified However much controversy may have surrounded the procession of the Spirit from the Father
If you had collared me before I was Catholic and asked my opinion of Rome’s teaching about artificial contraception, I would have said something like this: “I understand and applaud the Magisterium’s opposition to abortion since abortion kills people. But I’m not comfortable with the Church’s stodgy stand about artificial
Experts in source-criticism now know that The Lord of the Rings is a redaction of sources ranging from the Red Book of Westmarch (W) to Elvish Chronicles (E) to Gondorian records (G) to orally transmitted tales of the Rohirrim (R). The conflicting ethnic, social and religious groups which preserved these stories all had
Recently, I participated in an online conversation about the Blessed Virgin. As an Evangelical convert to the Catholic faith, I can empathize with the deep fears many Evangelicals have about Mary. It’s a terror that runs way down into the guts and marrow of many Evangelicals. It’s a deep, unreasoning
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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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