Just as improving in sports requires suffering through exercise, growth in the spiritual life may involve heavier and heavier trials.
Have you ever wondered what your particular judgment is going to be like when you die? With each passing week/month/year, I’m getting closer to mine,
In the tapestry of the Catholic Church, woven by the hands of countless saints and martyrs, certain lives shine with a light that not only
Scripture seems to say that belief can be blameworthy. For example, one text states: Whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has
When I started leatherworking as a hobby more than a decade ago, one of my early projects was making belts for an entire monastery of
In the narrative of the first Eden, the serpent claimed, “you will be like God” (Genesis 3:5). Christians should heed the lessons and consequences of
When we look upon a crucifix we see a sterilized version of Our Lord’s physical condition at the moment of His death. Generally what is
What Was Actually Said On 13 April 2026, during his apostolic journey to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV visited the Great Mosque of Algiers. Responding in
History remembers two very different kinds of people. It remembers tyrants for the suffering they caused and it remembers martyrs for the faith they refused
Most people, Christians included, behave, think, and speak as if they are standing right in the middle of the universe, with everything and everyone swirling
When St Francis of Assisi had rebuilt a tumbledown little church given to him by the Benedictines he called it St Mary of the Angels.
According to EWTN News a dispute over an Islamic mosque turned violent on July 22. A priest voiced his support of plans for a new
Introduction Christians live in the world but not of the world. That’s a very important distinction. How many times have you heard that? A million,
In the Book of James, we are told, “For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”
Many historians and scholars are quick to answer when asked what the longest-lasting war in history is. Most will immediately answer that the Reconquista is
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for August 2026 is made clearest by Catholic doctrine. “It is clear therefore that in the supremely wise
Have you ever sat quietly with Our Lord—emptying your mind and resting in stillness? In those moments, I find my deepest peace. If only I
Francis chose a very specific way of life in which to embrace ‘Lady Poverty’ and it was quite unique. It was quite simply the way
The Little Vatican 2026 Summer Fundraising Campaign is upon us. Catholic Stand Magazine operates under the Little Vatican banner. Along with Big Pulpit and The American
When we speak of ordinariness, I think of the Ordinary Season of the Church, the time that is spent sandwiched in between the Advent Season,
I Will Never Forget You (Isaiah 49:15). A dear friend of mine, Father Joseph Kane, died in 2017 at the age of 88. As a
After the denomination I was born into went insane in the 1990s (something that happened across a spectrum of “mainstream” denominations to one degree or
Physician of Souls, Apostle of Eucharistic Renewal, and a Model for Holistic Healing in the Churchof the USA, UK, and Nigeria In an age fractured
Dispensationlists believe in the rebuilding of the Solomon Temple and that God will return land to the Jewish people today.
