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Recent Posts
Introduction to the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, Part 1
Jesus told the Parable of the Sheep and Goats. This does not seem like a news flash until we turn away from observing the obvious
Hey! It’s Lent! So let’s learn about the Works of Mercy!
Back in the day, I wrote this here book here called THE WORK OF MERCY: BEING THE HANDS AND HEART OF CHRIST (available here, signed
Ash Wednesday
I. My God, my God, have mercy on my sin,For it is great; and if I should beginTo tell it all, the day would be
Dive into the Sheavings
The Creed, Part 2: One God and Father
The very first thing we do as Christians is believe and speak. The two go together like the deity and humanity of Christ. And so the very first words of the Creed are “We believe” and they are meant to be spoken aloud in public assembly by the Body of
Concerning Eucharistic Desecration
For those who may have missed it, PZ Myers, a washed-up academic at a third tier school who takes out his bitterness on Christians and calls it “science blogging”, claimed that some human toothache named Webster Cook had received death threats for stealing a Eucharist and threatening to desecrate it. Reader John Farrell repeatedly
Noodling the Theology of the Body
A lot of people seem to think that the Church functions according to the principle “That which is not forbidden is compulsory.” So many folk seem to be under the impression that there is a black and white magisterial answer to everything and that “You’re with us or agin us”
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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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