Catholic Stand – Page 118 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Catholic Stories of Faith and Hope

Pete Socks April 22, AD2021 1 Comment

With the past year we have gone through one of the big questions on the mind of many is simply “why”? Why all the suffering?

Pure in Heart

Susan Skinner April 21, AD2021 3 Comments

Blessed are the Pure in Heart for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8). The past several months have been a whirlwind of suffering, beauty, and

Why Hell Is Real and Forever

Maurice Williams April 21, AD2021 18 Comments

Many people argue that God is not going to send those who refuse to love Him and obey Him to everlasting hell like He has

Ars Moriendi – Learning to Die Well

Masha Goepel April 20, AD2021 4 Comments

Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is Risen and the whole world rejoices. At the Easter Vigil we sat in darkness as our tiny candles flickered

The Grace of Deification: Becoming One With Jesus

Ray Sullivan April 20, AD2021 4 Comments

So many people think that the goal of Christianity is to follow Jesus. That, in itself, of course, is a wonderful thing. But that is

Why Does God Allow Suffering?: Off the Shelf 209 with Steven Hemler

Pete Socks April 19, AD2021 2 Comments

Off the Shelf 209 – Steven Hemler This week on Off the Shelf Steve Hemler returns to discuss the third book in his apologetics trilogy, Catholic

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

Race, Racism, and the Public Enemy Within

Cynthia Millen April 19, AD2021 2 Comments

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. (Attributed to Abraham Lincoln) They watched him closely and sent agents pretending to

The Man Mistaken for a Gardener

David Torkington April 18, AD2021 3 Comments

It was at Easter in the 1970’s that I first met my wife. I received a phone call from the local convent asking me to

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

Life and Prayer

Rob Greving April 18, AD2021 1 Comment

We pray the way we live and we live the way we pray. It’s some of the best advice I’ve ever been given. Our “regular

Eucharist, Jesus, communion, host, the Real Presence, authentic

Science has Proven the Real Presence

Gene M. Van Son April 17, AD2021 45 Comments

Dr. Ricardo Castañon Gomez is not well-known to many Catholics. But he should be. Atheist Richard Dawkins has apparently never heard of Dr. Ricardo Castañon

The Kiss of Peace and the Holy Fist Bump

Deacon Greg Lambert April 17, AD2021 1 Comment

The Kiss (or Sign) of Peace has been in place in some form since the early Church. From the intimate gatherings of the first century

Belief in the Divinity of Jesus, faith, Jesus, Sacred

Ordinary Men and Women Recognized As Companions of Jesus

Dom Cingoranelli April 16, AD2021 2 Comments

“Uneducated, ordinary men…companions of Jesus.” (Acts 4:13) That’s how the Jewish leaders characterized Peter and John after they cured the crippled man at “the Beautiful

CS-Jesus-Pixabay generosity, Francis Delalieu, God

Glorifying God Is Easier Than You Think

Kendra Von Esh April 16, AD2021 3 Comments

How do you glorify God in your life? Unfortunately, many believe it is harder than it really is. During the season of Lent, I created

When We Pray for the Souls in Purgatory, Let’s Remember the Priests There

Patty Knap April 15, AD2021 6 Comments

A few years ago I suddenly began thinking about a priest I knew who had died about ten years earlier. We remember the special priests

Catechism of the Seven Sacraments

Pete Socks April 15, AD2021 1 Comment

The great thing about books is they can be revisited. There is something about walking over to a bookshelf and pulling down a book you

mass, prayer, petition, funeral, worship

Never Again! An Open Letter to our Bishops

Guest Contributor April 14, AD2021 56 Comments

Disclaimer: At Catholic Stand, seek to further the spirit of charitable discussion. In matters of Church teaching, we tolerate no dissent; but in matters which

Justin Martyr and The Mass

William Hemsworth April 14, AD2021 3 Comments

I was not always Catholic. Those who knew me before my conversion may be laughing because I was trying to drag them out of the

Unforgettable, That’s What You Are –

Ida Adams April 13, AD2021 4 Comments

Or not. That old song has been spooking me. Have you ever entertained the unwelcome thought that God had forgotten you? Followed by the even

Communion, Eucharist, Eucharistic, Blessed sacrament, Mass, EMHCs, Offer it Up

I am an EMHC and Honored to be One

Larry Peterson April 13, AD2021 3 Comments

I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC). I bring Holy Communion (Christ truly present in the consecrated Host) to Catholics who are homebound,

Real Religion: Off the Shelf 208 with Father Jeffrey Kirby

Pete Socks April 12, AD2021 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 208 – Father Jeffrey Kirby We live in a pretty messed up world and the only thing that will fix is to

Wonder vs. Wander

Daniel Mark April 12, AD2021 5 Comments

I teach English to International Students. I had to teach one lesson explaining the difference between the pronunciation and meaning of the words wonder and

Keeping Christ Alive in Us

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. April 11, AD2021 1 Comment

Easter reminds us that as a result of Christ’s death on the Cross we are all called to die to ourselves – to our old