There was whiskey on Blogwatch and tears on our cheeks…

Disputations: Christ’s scars as “a source of recognition.” And more. So profound and powerful. Very helpful in something I’m writing.

Mark Shea:

…I became Catholic because I came to see that the Faith was beautiful and fulfilling, the desire of my heart. The notion “I better do this or the Great and Terrible Oz will damn me to Hell” was about as far from my mind as the thought that I had better marry Janet or unspeakable things would happen to me. In one sense only, that was true: if I didn’t marry Janet, I wouldn’t marry Janet, which would be a horrible loss. Likewise, if I refused to be Catholic, I wouldn’t get to be Catholic, which would likewise have been a terrible loss. But the notion that either God or Janet were standing over me with an ax, threatening “Love me or ELSE!” is foreign to what a love relationship is.

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