Prayer Request and a Work of Mercy

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 11:06 pm By Mark Shea

A reader writes: Please pray for my father who has been diagnosed with cancer. Father, hear our prayer for his complete healing in body, soul, and spirit. Give his caregivers grace, compassion, wisdom, counsel, knowledge, understanding, skill, creativity, insight, and the proper technology to assist in that healing, as well as the providing the funding to pay for it. Give him and all who love him grace, peace, consolation, strength, faith, hope, and love. Mother Mary, St. Luke and St.... Read more

A somewhat rambly discussion of my sins

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 10:49 pm By Mark Shea

So the other day I’m at Mass and doing my thinkpray stumblebum through the liturgy. As has been my custom for some time now, I dragged my big heavy pile of sins, frustration, anger, faults and complaint to God. Some of that anger I direct at me, primarily about the sin of Anger. Ironic, no? A lot of it has been anger at other people. No news to you guys, of course. Most of what I have to say to God... Read more

It turns out death panels were only bad…

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 12:29 pm By Mark Shea

…long as Republicans didn’t get to chair them: Republican Congressman: People with disabilities are a drain on society The term is lebensunwertes leben, Congressman. Read more

What the Prolife Movement Now Stands for

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 11:42 am By Mark Shea

Remember all that stuff about death panels from allegedly prolife people who allegedly care about the disabled? This disabled person just went to Mitch McConnell’s office to beg not to be killed by the GOP. She was told to drop dead and arrested–arrested!–for pleading for her life: This is the seminal image of our battle. She’s being arrested for protesting ACA repeal outside McConnell’s office. https://t.co/MCmZQSkt1I pic.twitter.com/50bkiUcmAo — John Aravosis (@aravosis) June 22, 2017 “Prolife” Christian supporters of the Party... Read more

How Prolife Can You Get?

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 10:12 am By Mark Shea

Protestors in wheelchairs are being removed from Mitch McConnell's office. #HealthcareBill pic.twitter.com/oed19mawu9 — Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 22, 2017 Read more

Please help my friends Jeremy and Angela Lott

Last updated on: June 22, 2017 at 8:23 am By Mark Shea

Angela is pregnant with their little girl Cecilia, who suffers from a rare and fatal condition called exencephaly, in which her brain has no skull protecting it. The costs of medical care are astronomical ($20K). Due to the brutalities of our medical system, they have to foot this bill while enduring emotional anguish as well. So they have started a GoFundMe. Please do what you can to help them in this painful time. And (because I know I have to... Read more

If you are a fan of Chant

Last updated on: June 20, 2017 at 8:27 pm By Mark Shea

ChantCD has you covered. Read more

Fruitful Discipleship by Sherry Weddell is here

Last updated on: June 21, 2017 at 4:26 pm By Mark Shea

Fruitful Discipleship: Living the Mission of Jesus in the Church and the World has landed at Our Sunday Visitor. Shipping begins today! By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.” — John 15:8 How does God’s grace change our individual lives, families, neighborhoods, parish communities, and cities? In Fruitful Discipleship: Living the Mission of Jesus in the Church and the World, Sherry A. Weddell describes how the Holy Spirit is... Read more

Trevor Noah on the Silence of the NRA re: the Cold-Blooded Murder of Philando Castile

Last updated on: June 20, 2017 at 6:13 pm By Mark Shea

Go to 4:08 mark. In case it is still unclear, the NRA is silent because the NRA exists to profit from an arms industry that flourishes by telling white people that darkskins like Trayvon Martin are coming to kill them and they have to be armed to the teeth at all times in order to kill them first. Innocent, upstanding darkskins who get killed while obeying the law do not fit the narrative and so the NRA mumbles and prays... Read more

On the heels of my conversation with the Good Catholic Libertarian…

Last updated on: June 21, 2017 at 9:43 am By Mark Shea

…who wants diabetics to die as punishment for their sins of sloth and gluttony, the Trump Administration makes clear that this will be Administration policy too. It needs to be clearly understood that the American Taliban Christians in the ranks of Trump defenders will support the denial of health care to every person whose illness they deem to be a divine judgment for sin. As court prophets to the rich and powerful, such “prolife” Christians will tell cancer victims, diabetics,... Read more

How many chapters are in the book of Romans?