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,”
April 22, 2026
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Counsel: Prudence Raised to a Supernatural Level
Counsel (aka “Right Judgment) is the third of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit that we receive in Confirmation. The gift of Counsel has
April 21, 2026
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Understanding Awaits Those Who Turn to the Lord
During Jesus’ earthly ministry, he often had a hard time being understood. The Gospels record numerous moments in which he made cryptic remarks that either
April 20, 2026
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Coming to our Senses: The Allegorical Sense
We noted last time that one of the principal problems of trying to treat Scripture as a purely human book is that, though God can supernaturalize nature, we cannot naturalize the supernatural. God can assume a human nature and join it to his divinity. But we cannot take a supernatural
Rush Limbaugh in the Confessional
Before I was Catholic I often met ex-Catholics who did the standard schtick about “Catholic guilt” and told me all about how going to confession instilled in them this deep-seated guilt that they are only now working through. Blah, blah, etc. Sorry. Not buying it. I was raised in a
Catholic Approaches to Paganism
Whether we are talking about pre-Christian or post-Christian paganism, the task of the Catholic is always the same: to bear witness to Jesus Christ. The question is: how? In the New Testament, different approaches to pre-Christian paganism are evident. Paganism is a search, but it is a search hampered by
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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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