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Fortitude: The Courage to Allow Christ to Increase in Us
As we saw last time, the gift of Fortitude, while related to the natural virtue of Fortitude, also goes beyond mere earthly courage — just
Fortitude Goes Beyond Courage
As noted previously in this series, grace perfects nature. So we saw that the natural virtue of Prudence is elevated by grace in the gift of Counsel.
Counsel: A Gift Given Us Through the Church
So many of us seem to think that while the faith insists on being incorrigibly public and common to all Catholics, it is also “private,”
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The Sacrament of the Eucharist: Superabundance and Thanksgiving
One of the curious paradoxes and points of connection between the American tradition and the Catholic Tradition is that our country was founded, in large measure, by the people known as the Puritans, who were not much on things like Mass and what they called “popery”. Indeed, they came to
What is a Pagan?
“Paganism” is a term fraught with all sorts of connotations. It originally meant something like “country dweller”, “rustic”, or even “hick”. That’s because (contrary to popular myth) Christianity did not spread among the Hee Haw-watchers of antiquity, but among the city dwellers and urban folk. The very last people to receive
Who is Really Pro-Choice?
We’ve heard it a million times in the last 20 years. “The Catholic Church does not believe in choice!” This refrain was particularly loud in the 90s when the Church led the successful fight against the mass abortion agenda (ignominiously spearheaded by the Clinton Administration) at the Cairo and Beijing
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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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