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The Work of Mercy: Clothe the Naked, Part 2
Other considerations enter in too. On the one hand, clothes symbolize our external lives—the junk that doesn’t matter in the end. So Jesus tells us
The Work of Mercy: Clothe the Naked, Part 1
Nake is an extinct English verb meaning “to strip clothes off.” To be “naked” is therefore to be in a state of having had your
The Work of Mercy: Give Drink to the Thirsty, Part 2
It is worth noting that when the early Christians thought about thirst—and especially the thirst of “the least of these my brethren” ––there was one
Dive into the Sheavings
God is the Center, Not Us
One of my favorite cartoons is a two-panel piece featuring (on the left panel) a dog looking up in wonder at the little old lady who is scraping table scraps into his bowl. The dog contemplates the face of his mistress in reverential awe thinking, “She feeds me and cares
The Works of Mercy: Ransom the Captive
It’s been a while since the Crusades. As a general rule, when our President goes abroad, he does not get waylaid on his triumphal ride home and find himself in the hands of brigands who send wax-sealed notes back to the Vice President saying, “Give us forty thousand pounds and
The Shared Wound of Jesus and Mary
When I was a new Catholic, I still retained enough of my Evangelical DNA to fret that Catholics “honor Mary too much” and that titles like “co-Mediatrix” were “unbiblical”. But of course “Bible” doesn’t appear in the Bible either and I didn’t think that unbiblical. But, in fact, the idea
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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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