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How Donald Trump Won My Heart, Mind, and Soul
The first intellectual and spiritual misgivings I felt about my failure to support Trump came when he coined the term “Dumocrat”. The realization that “dumb”
Fleeing Reality
The principal effect wealth and power always have is to cocoon the wealthy and powerful from the consequences of their actions. When the wealthy and
Dive into the Sheavings
Catholic Church Says Same Thing As Ever: Millions Shocked
Oh my stars and garters! It turns out that, not only did the Church say a perfectly valid Mass from the time of the Reformation till now, but on top of that, the Pope is still Catholic! That was the astonished discovery of the delightfully ignorant Mainstream Media when, in a shocking
The Works of Mercy: Introduction
Jesus was a Jew. This does not seem like a news flash until we turn away from observing the obvious and begin to talk about Christian discussions of soteriology. If you aren’t familiar with that three dollar word, it basically has to do with that branch of Christian theology concerned
The Need to Forgive
Every age has certain difficulties with the Christian faith. Our present culture’s complaints about the Church center on sex because, of course, our present culture can think of practically nothing but sex and so keeps bumping into the same issues as it stupidly keeps returning to the Church’s teaching in
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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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