Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 171

Yesterday, Deacon Steve Greydanus and I discussed…

the Mike Pence “rule” against dining alone with the opposite sex when they are no your wife. Also, we did another fun segment of “Very Short Sequels.” You can view Steve’s recent and older short sequels on Twitter @veryshortsequel. And Steve’s 13 year old offered a compelling new title for our show: “Two Dorks Laughing [Read More...]

Prayer Request

A reader writes: Could you ask your readers to pray for a family member of mine? He was in a bad accident and has been airlifted to the hospital; that’s all I know at this point. Father, hear our prayer for this man’s complete healing in body, soul, and spirit. Give his caregivers grace, compassion, [Read More...]

Batman vs. Superman

This is funny: This is funnier:

On Leaving the Church of England

Interesting story of a surprised convert:

Why Requiring Genetic Testing…

…is a violation of human rights. This is an obvious pro-life issue.

On the air with Deacon Steven Greydanus at 5 PM Eastern…

…on Connecting the Dots.  Give us a call at 1-573-4BREAD4!

Yesterday, Rod Bennett and I talked about seeing, blindness…

and last Sunday’s readings:

China is in a horse race with Japan…

…to achieve the top notch as Asia’s weirdest country: China uses facial recognition software to crack down on toilet paper theft To get toilet paper from dispensers placed in the Temple of Heaven, users must first stare into a computer that records their image before spitting out a 2-foot-long sheet of tissue. This story delights [Read More...]

The last in my series on models of the Church…

…this one on St. Paul, is now available over at Our Sunday Visitor.

So a week or so ago we talked about the confab at Trump Tower…

which featured the amazing “Patriotic Rosary”. Well, a reader went out and found some background on it: Available at the Diocese of Metuchen, NJ, where it is apparently prayed in Parishes. November 10 at 7:30 p.m. Patriotic Rosary St. Magdalen de Pazzi Parish, 105 Mine Street, Flemington, NJ The authorship is interesting, as is the organization [Read More...]