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C.S. Lewis Nails it

This inexorably reminds me of C.S. Lewis’ description of the Uncle Screwtape’s Hell: “We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned

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The Works of Mercy: Admonish the Sinner

Of all the works of mercy, probably the most thankless and despised is admonishing the sinner. Nobody wants to do it (except human toothaches and people who never get invited to parties) and nobody wants it done to them. “Repent!” is one of those words that eats at the heart

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We See Better When We Don’t Squint

Back in the late 80s, many Christians decided that the big threat to civilization was something called “backward masking”, the occasional practice of incorporating reversed recordings of the human voice (and sometimes instruments) into rock songs. Christians were all a-twitter over the satanic message supposedly encoded therein. Rush Limbaugh, with

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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 SonThis 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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