Good News!

Last updated on: August 23, 2017 at 9:13 am By Mark Shea

Bishops act to address the sin of racism and seek solutions Bishop George V. Murry, SJ of Youngstown, Ohio has been named Chair of the New Committee Included statement from Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo on the establishment of the Committee WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops today announced the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. Initiated by Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the USCCB, the committee will focus on addressing the sin of racism... Read more

Prayer Request

Last updated on: August 22, 2017 at 11:48 pm By Mark Shea

A reader writes: Please pray for the salvation of my father who has died recently. Please post my request to your blog so others can see it and can pray if they would like to May this man’s soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. We ask this, Father, through Christ our Lord. Amen! Read more

Charlottesville and America’s Original Sin

Last updated on: August 22, 2017 at 11:21 pm By Mark Shea

Bishop Barron on the evil we cannot seem to face, but must face: I vividly remember my first visit to Charlottesville, Virginia. It was about twenty years ago, and I was on vacation with a good friend, who shared with me a passion for American history and for Thomas Jefferson in particular. We had toured a number of Civil War battlefields in Maryland and Virginia and then had made our way to Jefferson’s University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Finally, we... Read more

Our Lady is So Gentle

Last updated on: August 22, 2017 at 4:22 pm By Mark Shea

So today I went to Mass. I’ve been out of sorts lately, feeling not very happy with myself and grumpy over all the Charlottesville racists, President Racist, and Good White Christian racist defenders. I hate all this filth, but I also hate it when I get stuck on it. My conscience tells me, “If you clam up now, you are a gutless coward.” But it also says, “You catch more flies with honey and the anger of man does not... Read more

Two Great Homilies on Sunday

Last updated on: August 22, 2017 at 12:30 pm By Mark Shea

Last Sunday was the particularly challenging gospel about Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician Woman. It is fraught in our culture at this moment for a number of reasons (one of which I will return to in a day or so), but the one worth focusing on right now is the deadly challenge the gospel throws down before the face of racism (most recently on display in Charlottesville and in the miserable response our Racist-in-Chief made to it–and which his millions of... Read more

This goes out to Donald in DC, who believes Science is Fake News

Last updated on: August 21, 2017 at 1:03 pm By Mark Shea

Charlottesville, Virtue Signalling, and the Defenders of Trump

Last updated on: August 21, 2017 at 12:12 pm By Mark Shea

One of the things I’ve been warning of ever since “prolife” conservative Christians decided to chain themselves to Donald Trump and his nutty coterie of Alt Right Nazis is that they will dance to his tune, not he to theirs. Everything since his rise has made that clear. Conservative Christians went from “he’s a joke candidate” to “we oppose him but he’s got some good things to say” to “he’s flawed but we have to vote for the prolife candidate... Read more

For All Your Eclipse Needs

Last updated on: August 21, 2017 at 7:47 am By Mark Shea

Go here to see what it will look like in your zip code. Go here to watch it live via NASA. Here are some tips for surviving the eclipse: If you are in need of biblical prophecies explaining the Meaning of the Eclipse and how it all coordinates with the End Times, I recommend Matthew 24:36: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.” Also, reflect on... Read more

Presidential Arts and Humanities Committee Resigns En Masse

Last updated on: August 19, 2017 at 12:01 am By Mark Shea

Best part: The first letter of each paragraph is an acrostic spelling out “RESIST”. Read more

Christian Ethics in Action

Last updated on: August 17, 2017 at 10:41 pm By Mark Shea

This is beautiful: There are many headlines in the news today about fighting white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan with violence. However, decades ago 58-year-old Blues musician Daryl Davis learned the most effective way to get a Klansman to give up his hood: friendship. Daryl Davis has a unique hobby. In his spare time, he befriends white supremacists. Lots of them. Hundreds. He goes to where they live. Meets them at their rallies. Dines with them in their homes. He gets to... Read more