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Doxx every member of ICE
Awwww. Ain’t it a shame? Story here. I have no qualms whatsoever about doxxing every last ICE agent for the same reason I have no
The Presentation in the Temple
I like to meditate on the Presentation (when Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth to
Just some conversation with a reader fighting discouragement
I share it in the hope it will encourage others in the Resistance. My reader writes: Trump’s gone off the top. Ozymandias. For those unfamiliar,
Dive into the Sheavings
Measuring Doctrine by Poetry
One great thing about being a humanities major is that it helps you to despise all the money you’ll never make. Another great thing about it is that it prepares you for approaching religious literature in ways that, mysteriously enough, don’t seem to occur to so many people with a
Chosen for the Sake of the Unchosen
Roger Ebert, in his review of The Prince of Egypt, expresses a notion common among moderns when he complains of God’s habit of choosing people (like Moses) and nations (like the Jews), “I have always rather thought God could have spared man a lot of trouble by casting his net more
Harry Potter and the Christian Critics
A curious teapot tempest of the sort one only finds in the hothouse of Extremely Earnest Conservative Christianity has been going on for several years, ever since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and the subsequent popularity of the Potter phenomenon. Various concerns litter the landscape of Christian conversation
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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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