I came across a feature story in one of our leading newspapers detailing how Filipinos can get started with another 500 years of Christianity. It
The word “catholic” means universal or all-inclusive. You find out how true this is if you write about different saints. I have written articles about
I‘m getting on in life, and I think it’s finally time to plan ahead and speculate on what heaven is like. All I was told
Off the Shelf 225 – Adam Blai It’s been a while my friends! After a brief hiatus for high school tennis I am back! This
As we struggle to find our way, it is easy to go astray, especially when we are bombarded with inevitable contradictions of life. Usually, we
Somehow, for some reason, Christ’s teachings have been watered down over that last 50 or 60 years. Today Christianity seems to be all about loving
Common sense dictates that a solid is denser than a liquid. Common sense dictates that a molecule made of atoms which are gaseous should also
Salve Readers! My name is Tito Edwards and I am the operator of Catholic Stand. Catholic Stand falls under the Little Vatican apostolate umbrella. Little
One time, at work, I was rewarded for having perfect attendance. I even got that award for having perfect attendance when I was in elementary
As a mother of a large family – twelve children ranging in age from four to 27 years – I am often asked this uncomfortable
In my family’s backyard are five fig trees. My grandfather planted the first one about 50 years ago. The rest came from rooted cuttings of
Recently I had the privilege of visiting my community’s mission in Luxembourg. The country of Luxembourg itself is quite small; thirty minutes suffice to drive
In titling this post I was primarily thinking of my own experience, specifically with regards to this awful-lousy-no-good-whole-food-plant-based diet I’ve been trying out. My intentions
I love to administer the Sacrament of Baptism for so many reasons. We are welcoming a new person into the Church! We are letting the
In accord with the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary is celebrated as the Queen of Heaven. The universal Church celebrates the feast
I still occasionally hear the old platitude of “Love the sinner; hate the sin.” I find, however, that in practice people are often much better
Catholic Churches in the United States and Canada and even in other parts of the world are under assault. But one must look hard to
Can God use what is best in us to show His love to the world? Can His light shine through us and reach others? Yes,
“How can we reclaim our Catholic culture?” a friend asked recently. Like so many millennial Catholics, he wanted to offer his kids more than the
We know a little bit about the fall of Lucifer, from Revelation 12, which talks about how a war in heaven broke out between the
I went to Byzantine Catholic vespers at the Ukrainian Catholic Church near my city recently. It was the first time I had gone, and I
Vanity of vanities! . . . All is vanity. What does a man gain by the toil at which he toils under the sun? .
I will never minimize the bursts of light that have come my way during my life, still come. However, my main source of light is
Most, if not all Christians, know about Jesus multiplying the loaves and fish. What many do not know, however, is that there were actually two
