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2019-09-10T11:24:22-07:00

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Another Reason I Love the Church is Her Literary Tradition

Last updated on: September 10, 2019 at 11:24 am By Mark Shea

Yesterday we discussed the Catholic intellectual tradition. Another reason I was attracted to the Church is the richness of the Western literary tradition that is the daughter of the Faith. Not, of course, that other cultural traditions are not rich too. Indeed, one of the things I appreciated about the Catholic tradition is that it was not afraid (as my own Evangelical tradition was) of non-Christian traditions but was actively seeking conversations with them. It was, after all, born in... Read more

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Catholic Intellectual Tradition

2019-09-10T11:18:12-07:00

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One of the Reasons I Love the Church is Her Rich Intellectual Tradition

Last updated on: September 10, 2019 at 11:18 am By Mark Shea

Catholic civilization has a storied tradition of presenting the gospel in local garb, becoming “all things to all” (1 Cor 9:22) even as St. Paul did, since (as St. Thomas tells us) “that which is received is received according to the mode of the receiver”. So when God revealed himself to us, he stooped down to our level in order to raise us up to his. Revealing himself to Bronze Age Semites, he used their cultural categories of animal sacrifice,... Read more

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Catholic Intellectual Tradition

2019-09-04T23:08:32-07:00

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Since it’s his Feast Day…

Last updated on: September 4, 2019 at 11:08 pm By Mark Shea

And since I love cranky, crabby St. Jerome for showing that anybody can become a saint, I offer not only a great poem in his honor, but the incredible fact that Dion then turned that poem into a blues tune, which makes my heart happy. The Thunderer by Phyllis McGinley God’s angry man, His crotchety scholar, Was Saint Jerome, The great name-caller, Who cared not a dime For the laws of libel And in his spare time Translated the Bible.... Read more

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Exalted Felicitations of the Day

2019-09-04T23:02:21-07:00

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Because I am re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring

Last updated on: September 4, 2019 at 11:02 pm By Mark Shea

and because it’s Saturday and because it is practically the anniversary of the arrival of the Hobbits at the Prancing Pony and Frodo’s disastrous performance, I give you this awesomeness: Read more

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Music stuff

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2019-09-23T18:41:00-07:00

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Aquinas 101

Last updated on: September 23, 2019 at 6:41 pm By Mark Shea

So this looks pretty cool–and it’s free! Click on the image to go sign up. Read more

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Dominican stuff

2019-09-04T22:36:52-07:00

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The Harmony of Amoris Laetitia and Veritatis Splendor

Last updated on: September 4, 2019 at 10:36 pm By Mark Shea

Over at Where Peter Is, Brian Killian has a nice piece dealing with the Right Wing Panic Machine lie pitting Francis against the Tradition: You often find the charge among critics of Pope Francis that his apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, is opposed to Pope John Paul’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor. The differences between the two are exaggerated in order to set these two documents of the papal magisterium against each other; Amoris Laetitia against Veritatis Splendor, Pope John Paul II against... Read more

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Listen to the Magisterium

2019-09-26T17:15:53-07:00

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Prayer Request

Last updated on: September 26, 2019 at 5:15 pm By Mark Shea

A reader writes: Please pray for Em. tl;dr version: – DV relationship – pregnant – husband wants abortion – she wants out of relationship – pregnancy probably ectopic (Also: She gets the radiology results today.) Please also ask your readers for prayers Father, hear our prayer that your wisdom, guidance, healing, and love will prevail here. Mother Mary. St. Joseph, St. Gerard Majella, and St. Luke, pray for all involved here and ask the Father to bring this baby to... Read more

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Prayer Requests

2019-09-04T21:48:48-07:00

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Texas Recently Murdered a Man for a Crime Experts Say He Did Not Commit

Last updated on: September 4, 2019 at 9:48 pm By Mark Shea

Larry Swearingen was put to death for a murder and a rape that the science says he did not do. His last words were those of Jesus Christ. Pious Catholic barbarians say things like, “Oh well! La di dah! If he’s innocent then he’ll to heaven! No harm done! Let’s kill some more because of something something retributive justice! Ignore the teaching of Holy Church calling for the abolition of the death penalty. I have a book here by Ed... Read more

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Abolish the Death Penalty

2019-09-03T18:23:21-07:00

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A Canadian reader is worried about some developments and has some questions

Last updated on: September 3, 2019 at 6:23 pm By Mark Shea

They write: Green burial laws might not respect bodies With what is going on nowadays, my imagination is coming up with worrying scenarios. A year or two ago, a right-wing Canadian think-tank called the Fraser Institute came up with the report of a study about the savings for our health system that euthanasia might allow… They said that it was only a “theoretical” study, but I am not so sure… It does not surprise me that the think tank is... Read more

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2019-09-24T12:08:42-07:00

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If You are Not Against Trump, You are for Him

Last updated on: September 24, 2019 at 12:08 pm By Mark Shea

Stalin once remarked that one death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a statistic. Our brains tend to zone out when deluged with information. Trump’s outrages are so numerous that it is hard to take them in. You get numb. So I will simply point to one tiny example of the ugliness of this pathetic little bully: It is, in the grand scheme of things, a minor incident in his long career of bullying. But it gives us... Read more

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