Catholic Stand – Page 101 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

A Recipe for a Fruitful Retreat

Rob Marco October 29, AD2021 1 Comment

As a spouse and father of three, it can sometimes feel like a guilty luxury to get away to attend to your spiritual needs. If

pray, prayer, praying, fall, fallen, conscience, humility

The Gift of Faith: Protect It or Lose It

Richard Auciello October 28, AD2021 3 Comments

Faith is a gift given by God, a gift we can nourish and help grow or a gift we can squander. The question arises whether

periodic table, truth, science and religion, order

Truth, Values, and Science as a Football

Anthony S. Layne October 28, AD2021 2 Comments

In “Truth, Unrealism, and the Danger of Skepticism,” I argued that Cartesian skepticism poses a threat not only to science but also to knowledge through

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Pray for Our Priests, They Too Are Under Attack

Genesius October 27, AD2021 7 Comments

Last month I wrote about how many Catholic Churches are being vandalized or burned. While writing that article I began to reflect on another topic

Immorality of the Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Program – Part III

Steve Smith October 27, AD2021 9 Comments

By Steven Smith, Dr. Alan Moy, and Dr. Russell Gonnering This is Part III of a three-part series on the covid vaccine and the mass

romance, Valentine, sexuality, love, large families

Does Catholic Teaching on Human Sexuality Need to be Updated?

Gene M. Van Son October 26, AD2021 19 Comments

Catholic teaching on human sexuality is clear as crystal. God created two sexes – male and female. To enable the human race to flourish, God

“Beauty Will Save the World”

Michael Sandifer October 26, AD2021 3 Comments

When Dostoyevsky wrote his famous line in The Idiot, amid the squalor and anxiety of an impending revolution, he could barely imagine the hell which

Why Abortion is a Product of Skepticism

Guest Contributor October 25, AD2021 4 Comments

By Antonio J. Galindo Aleman Skepticism is a way of looking at the world and its relation to the human mind. Although it is an

Friendship and the Fathers: Off the Shelf 227 with Mike Aquilina

Pete Socks October 25, AD2021 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 227 – Mike Aquilina This week I’m joined by my good friend Mike Aquilina to talk about…friendship. Mike has an excellent book

Would My Beliefs Hold True Under Pressure?

Ida Adams October 24, AD2021 19 Comments

Rustling paper welcomed yet another useless ballpoint pen I’d flung into the trash. One dog lifted a sleepy eyebrow, the other too old to be

The Feast of Saint John Paul II

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer October 24, AD2021 1 Comment

We know that the Church honors saints because they give us an example of how to follow the will of God and seek perfection, even

The Rome of Japan

Neil Jopson October 23, AD2021 1 Comment

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As soon as you read or hear those names, it’s likely your thoughts turn to one of the most terrible moments of

Are Tools Taking Over?

Diana Ragsdale October 23, AD2021 1 Comment

Henry David Thoreau was a nineteenth-century American philosopher who could remind one in a few words about timeless and timely issues we face today in

My Sacrifice and Yours

Susan Skinner October 22, AD2021 1 Comment

We recently had the Fathers of Mercy at our parish for a parish mission. Father Joseph Aytona asked us what we offer when the Priest

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Quotes from the Saints about Sin

Ray Sullivan October 22, AD2021 1 Comment

Sin separates us from the love of God and makes us slaves of Satan. Someone once said that committing a venial sin (a minor one)

The Heart of St. Francis of Assisi

Masha Goepel October 21, AD2021 2 Comments

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I

How Is Your Relationship With Jesus?

Brian McShane October 21, AD2021 1 Comment

“How is your relationship with Jesus?” Have you ever been asked that question or have you ever asked it of yourself? You may groan inwardly

Why I Try (Not) to Swear

Jacqueline St. Clare October 20, AD2021 7 Comments

I started recognizing swear words when I was in middle school, and definitely by the time I reached high school. I’m sure I heard the

Let The Children Come To Me

Mark Belanger October 20, AD2021 3 Comments

One of my favorite internet memes, going quiet and then recurring over the years with a regularity Halley’s Comet might envy, goes something like this: