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On Being Wise as a Serpent and Innocent as a Dove with Ex-MAGA
The defining psychological trait of the MAGA Cult is a total lack of empathy for anybody but the Self and that tiny circle who are
An American Pope to Fight an American Heresy
One of my readers, Michael Fox, has started a Substack called Catholics for the Common Good, which I strongly recommend. He recently wrote a piece
Putting the FUN in Funeral!
I’ve been getting constant calls from some company offering a great bargain on funerals and they’ve worn me down to the point where I’m tempted
Dive into the Sheavings
Strange Bedfellows
Okay, gang. Game time! What do these statements have in common? If you guessed that they all come from the mouth of the same person, you’re wrong. Indeed, the most striking thing is, all these statements (which are accurate paraphrases of comments I have heard with my own ears) were
The Return to Paganism
I used to be a pagan. Not a neo-pagan with phony stilted semi-Tolkienesque speech (“Bright blessings! Merry meet!” “An it harme noone do as thou wilt,”). Nor was I an adherent of some recently minted group of Gaia-worshippers playing dress-up in their Society for Creative Anachronism costumes and pretending they
Why I Love My Country
I just got back from Mass. Nobody followed me home in a mysterious black car. Yesterday, my wife went swimming with her head uncovered and her legs and arms exposed. Nobody tried to beat her to death as a harlot. Not one of my children are child-soldiers, impressed into some
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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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