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…about the enormous contradiction between those who claim to be “prolife” while putting crushing pressure on those struggling with financial hardship, reader Emma Fox Wilson
Dead accurate. This is the fundamental contradiction at the heart of the MAGA “prolife” Cult of Death. It doesn’t want to save the unborn. It
Not only do they give us the greatest still shot in Youtube history, they also give us a really interesting interview about THE ODYSSEY:
… is that, for the most part, modern neopagans are largely projecting a Christian worldview on paganism: Most “pagans” strike me as harmless people in
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is an idea that has fallen into disfavor in modernity, for various reasons. In Protestant circles, of course, the notion that the Mass could be a sacrifice is often seen as a repudiation or usurpation of the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, as though
Sometime ago, a friend of mine introduced me to a wonderful bit of parody that begins: Awake from your slumber!Arise from your sleep!The homily’s over!It wasn’t too deep! It brings to mind the old joke that the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist is that you can reason with
One of the more baffling of Jesus’ sayings is the parable of the Dishonest Steward: We all remember the parable. It’s the one where the steward is about to get canned from his job, so he goes to various people who owe money to his Master and urges them to
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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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