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Dive into the Sheavings

Deceivers for Jesus

I got a little envelope in the mail today. No name on the return address. Just “P.O. Box 17453, Louisville KY 40217.” My name and address were dot-matrix printed on a label. The envelope had a regular 32 cent stamp on it. Opening it, I found two postcard-sized cards. The

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The Four Last Things: Judgment

The second of what the Catholic tradition calls the “Four Last Things” is Judgment. Judgment is about as popular a concept as root canals. And yet the desire for judgment never really goes away in the human soul. Every other episode of the still-popular-after-50-years Twilight Zone was a story about judgment. So

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The Works of Mercy: Give Drink to the Thirsty

A religion that practices Baptism is a religion that doesn’t have very rigorous membership requirements.  No Herculean feats necessary to prove your mettle.  You don’t have to hand your darkest secrets of over the Custodian of the Engrams for him to leverage you into keep the Inner Secrets of the

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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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