Wait! But… you said… how can… what?!

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

That’s the response I anticipate as I link to Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s account of seeing the sun spin at Medjugorje, in which he registers his (understandably) more favorable view of the claimed apparitions there. Why do I link it when I am obviously skeptical about the claims being made for a Marian apparitions there? Several reasons. First and most important of course, Fr. Longenecker is male, so what he says is automatically important. (JUST kidding!) Seriously, I link it because... Read more

Prayer Requests

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

A fellow parishioner writes on behalf of our beloved Fr. Daniel Syverstad, who is bedridden with back agony: Please pray for Fr. Daniel. He may have another back surgery (vertebral fusion.) Fr. Gus asked last night that we pray that Fr. Daniel follows his Doctor’s instructions 🙂 They will keep us updated on his progress. Father, grant him swift and complete healing, as well as wisdom, skill and compassion for his caregivers. Mother Mary, pray for him. We ask this... Read more

Hey Wisconsin!

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Donald Hying will be presenting “What Do I Do With the Rest of My Life? A Vision of Vocation and Work” a talk for Catholic young adults and recent and soon to be college graduates. May 5th at 5:00 pm, at the Sisters of St. Rita 3920 N Green Bay Road, Racine, WI. Free admission but registration is required. Email Sr. Angelica Summer, OSA Read more

Michael Voris Attempts…

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

…to mainstream a Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist by conducting an hour long challenge-free, wink-and-nod, chuckle-about-those-silly-critics infomercial for E. Michael Jones, who has been obsessing about the Jew Menace for years as well as giving a welcome for the egregious Robert Sungenis as an intellectual ally to do the same. This is not too surprising since I reported on this poisonous pal-liance in January when a reader wrote: I thought you might be interested to know that Marc Brammer, the Opus Dei supernumerary who... Read more

John C. Wright dilates…

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

…on the burning issue of the Space Princess Movement. Read more

Dawn Eden has a new book out…

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

…so I thought I’d try something different and invite her to do a guest blog on the book. She agreed. But what I didn’t count on was that she’d go all gushy on me. So with some “aw shucks” embarrassment and fond affection back at her, here’s her post: Mark Shea will always hold a special place in my heart, because he helped lead me into the Church. Eight years ago, when, as a recent Jewish convert to Evangelical Protestantism,... Read more

Our Funny Italian Friends

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

FLASH! Goldfish Bowls Banned in Monza “A fish kept in a bowl has a distorted view of reality…and suffers because of this.” I am not making that up. Read more

We are Everywhere!

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

Diane of the Te Deum Laudamus blog sends this along to me and the other unindicted co-conspirators named below: Gentlemen! This was sent to me, unsolicited, and glancing at it I noticed that each of your names are mentioned. See full context here. But across the “Pond” in the United States there is a different view of Medjugorje and the gate keepers of Catholic opinion seem to work almost in a conspiratorial manner to quell any interest or trust in... Read more

Latest Real Jesus Discovered!

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:43 pm By Mark Shea

Turns out that in addition to being a robust heterosexual who married Mary Magdalene, he was also gay. Various “evidence” is adduced and rigidly filtered through contemporary obsessions with homosexuality devoid of contact with the biblical text beyond a couple of proof texts, Johannine theology, or the Church’s entire tradition (Jesus was unmarried. There was a disciple Jesus loved. QED!). Nobody asks what Jesus’ celibacy meant to 2000 years of Christian teaching, nor why Jesus constantly talks about the kingdom... Read more