May 9, 2026
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Fear of the Lord: Servility vs. Love
The last of the sanctifying gifts given in the sacrament of Confirmation is the Fear of the Lord. It’s a gift that, these days, often
May 8, 2026
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Saints Teach Us Piety by Their Example
When we talk about the gift of Piety, it is often easiest to get the hang of it by talking about what it looks like.
May 7, 2026
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Piety Gives Us Supernatural Grace to Truly Love God and Neighbor
As we saw last time, Church Tradition describes Piety as “the perfection of religion.” That does not tend to score big points for this gift on
May 6, 2026
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Ignoring Just War Teaching
I was a (tentative) supporter of the war in Iraq, because I feared Saddam Hussein might give weapons of mass destruction to a terrorist organization for use on an American city. These fears were stoked by statements from Vice President Dick Cheney: “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam
Catholic Religion Quiz
Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life put out a quiz in which atheists did better than Christians in answering some basic questions about such matters as “Which Bible figure is most closely associated with leading the exodus from Egypt?” (In case you were wondering, the correct answer
Biblical Evidence for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
This being V Month, I thought it might be novel to turn our thoughts away from PC obsessions with sex and have a little fun subverting of the Dominant Paradigm. To that end, I thought it might good to run a little series on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, both the evidence for
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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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