We must prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord, as He desires to come and make His dwelling within us (St. Bernard of
At the post office the other day, I recognized a young woman who graduated from the small Christian school my children attend. She seemed upset
The Pontifical Council for the Family’s The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality (TMHS, 12/8/95) is a catechetical masterpiece, suitable for bookending with Saint Pope John Paul II’s Theology of
There’s a line I hear all the time in church life, spoken from pulpits, in small groups and printed on holy cards: “Prayer is a
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) held their annual meeting this November. At Crisis.com, Sheryl Collmer called the meeting a “coffee circle.” According to
This time of year, Christians frequently declare, “Keep ‘Christ’ in ‘Christmas’!” It’s a good motto to follow. But just as important for Catholics is to
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for December 2025 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. God communicates most clearly to us through Catholic Doctrine.
Here we go again. Another film was recently released,”One Battle After Another (2025)”, which implicitly mocks Catholic traditions. Rather than being another complaint in the
Today, most Catholics see Advent as simply a countdown to Christmas. When pressed, most Catholics can explain that Advent is a time to prepare for
A recent article here at CS triggered memories of a another popular game show of the 1950s and 1960s, “What’s My Line.” It was a
As frequent readers of Catholic Stand might recall, after many struggles I finally obtained my Italian driver’s license. (For the not-so-frequent reader, I recounted my
While traveling throughout the U.S. I often stop at Catholic churches to say a short prayer. Sadly, they are locked about half the time, but
Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses,
Perhaps one of America’s happiest feast days is Thanksgiving, a time when family and friends gather around to enjoy friendship….and feasting. For the hosts or
When Pope Leo XIV declared Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church’s first “millennial saint” in front of an estimated 80,000 pilgrims at St. Peter’s Square, the
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” is an aphorism that has become a kind of proverb. The Wikipedia entry on this statement
In Polish homes on Christmas Eve, we set the supper table with an extra place setting, in hopes of hosting Christ. And all through the
Saint Carlo Acutis was an ordinary saint who loved the things of Heaven but also saw Jesus in the poor and the homeless.
After the party when St Francis had a brief mystical experience, he began to visit churches and places of solitude where he could prayer. Firstly
Flipping the canvas loafer over, I puff my lips out noisily, shaking my head over the smooth rubber sole. “Absolutely no traction,” I tell my
At Mt. St. John’s Academy in 1965, my Kindergarten classmates and I sang, “Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus.” Our teacher, Sr. Luigia, had taught us the Latin
Mary, the Queen Mother, intercedes for us to her Son, Jesus, the King of kings.
