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A Reminder Two(ish) Weeks Before Election Day
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?– Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant,
The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 13
Interpreting Scripture No book, not even an inspired one, interprets itself. Humans do that. So when Philip asked the Ethiopian eunuch if he understood the
The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 12
He Has Spoken Through the Prophets As we saw in Chapter 8, Jesus taught the Church to read the Old Testament with the assurance that
The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 11
Playing Dress-Up and Becoming What We Are Another vital likeness between drama and the Faith is… faith. The theatre asks us for a willing suspension
Dive into the Sheavings
Technological Messianism
Glenn Reynolds (aka “Instapundit”) is the blogosphere’s resident libertarian transhumanist. We owe him a debt for leading the charge in making the blogosphere an important counterweight to the Usual Stuff from the mainstream media. And he has lived that belief personally by becoming the single most influential member of the
Indulgences: The World’s Most Misunderstood Spiritual Gifts
Most Catholics live and die blissfully unaware that the Church even offers indulgences anymore. (A Catholic friend to whom I mentioned I was writing this article said, “They went out with Vatican II, didn’t they?”) Practically no Catholic gives much thought to them. They languish in the Church’s attic of
Sacraments: Baptism, Part 4
Most of us don’t wake up in the morning thinking of ourselves as The Fulfillment of Prophecy. Still and all, we are. Oh, not because we are any great shakes ourselves, of course. Left to our own devices apart from grace we’d only be the fulfillment of somebody’s worst nightmare.
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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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