Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 90

Taking the stages of intentional discipleship seriously

In Forming Intentional Disciples terms, this is a person who is moving from trust to curiosity and even openness. Does spirituality make you feel better?–> https://t.co/gvqOifEbQh#Esquiretownhouse @EsquireUK pic.twitter.com/LpHhD6bLaF — Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) January 15, 2018 He’s not a disciple of Christ yet, but he is being drawn. This is the sort of person an evangelist […]

The Liturgy of the Stars

Convert Greg Wolfe describes the impact of astronomy and star-gazing on his heart as a young man and the way it spoke to his nascent sacramental joy in creation: GROWING UP AS I DID amidst the dazzling lights of New York City, it is strange that even as a small child I was madly in […]

So somebody figured out that H.P. Lovecraft’s “Nemesis”…

…can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”:

CPG Grey Explains the Lord of the Rings Universe…

…in four minutes:

Francis Confronts the Marriage Strike

Canonist Pete Vere writes the following: POPE FRANCIS CONFRONTS THE MARRIAGE STRIKE [Pete] Oh. My. Goodness! The Holy Father’s strategy behind Amoris Laetitia suddenly makes sense. And it takes Jesuit cunning to a new level–namely that of the Pope’s universal appeal as a Christian leader. Zenit just published Pope Francis’s 2018 address to the Roman […]

The Right of Refugees Not to be Murdered by the US Government

So here’s the deal, the US government has now turned to a policy of actively murdering men, women, and children by thirst in the Arizona desert. In addition, they are now arresting people for trying to prevent such murders: Christians listen carefully to this warning: Then the King will say to those at his left […]

Wow! That is Some Kind of Epic Lie to Our Kids

via me.me It would seem that the white race alone received the divine command, to subdue and replenish the earth! for it is the only race that has obeyed it—the only one that hunts out new and distant lands, and even a New world, to subdue and replenish…. Three and a half centuries ago, this […]

So last week Rod Dreher wrote a piece to attack Francis about China

Rod Dreher has not been Catholic for a decade, but like so many ex-Catholics, he continues to hang around the Church and like many ex-Catholics, he seems to have a total expertise in everything about the Church at the drop of a hat, especially when attacking it.  It’s kind of like when there is some […]

Christian vs. Christianist: Consistent Ethic of Life Edition

Christian: Black Lives Ma… Christianist: ALL LIVES MATTER! Christian: Great! Let’s defend all human life from conception to natural death, including DREAMers, kids on CHiP, and death row prisoners. Christianist: YOU ARE JUST AN SJW TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE LIVES OF THE UNBORN! Christian: The mark of the Party of Trump is that with them […]

Yesterday the Senate Failed to Pass a Ban on Late Term Abortions…

…the sort of abortions where nobody has any doubt that the nervous system of the child being ripped limb from limb feels every agonizing pain inflicted on him or her. Go here and you can see the Democrat Senators Heitkamp and Schumer high fiving each other over another successful sabotage of Democrat hopes to win […]