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Resurrection

Easter. The grave clothes of winterare still here, but the sepulchreis empty. A messengerfrom the tomb tells ushow a stone has been rolledfrom the mind,

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Vacation!

Every Memorial Day weekend, our family and a bunch of friends from our parish all load up the cars and head for Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound here in our beloved Washington State. I love every part of this annual sojourn.  I love the packing. 

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Pleading the Blood

If you had asked 15 years ago why my non-denominational church did not celebrate communion as all Catholics and many Protestants do, I would have given several reasons. First, Hebrews 9:27 teaches that Christ was “offered once to take away the sins of many” and sternly warns the church (Hebrews 6:6) against

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Family, Culture, Holidays

C.S. Lewis once wrote an essay describing a far-off land called “Niatirb” (“Britain” spelled backwards) where two feasts seemed to be held on the same day: “Christmas” and “Xmas”. The distinction between the two feasts seems to hold in the US too. This is reflected in our holiday entertainment fare,

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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).

I can also be found on Facebook (here and here) and Twitter. If you like my work and want to see more of it, please become one of my supporters on Patreon…..

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