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
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
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
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 (or Sign) of Peace has been in place in some form since the early Church. From the intimate gatherings of the first century
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
Off the Shelf 208 – Father Jeffrey Kirby We live in a pretty messed up world and the only thing that will fix is to
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
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
Part I The Assumption of Our Lady It is generally agreed that the dogma of the Assumption has less foundation in Scripture than the Immaculate
A Catholic is expected to consent firmly to the articles of the Creed – the Trinitarian nature of God, the incarnation of Jesus, his passion,
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20). The first time it
As we spend the next several weeks in the glow of Easter joy, it is fitting to look back on the life of Christ, to
LGBTQ activists love to throw Jesus’ words about not being judgmental in the face of any Christian who says sexual relations between two men or
For quite some time I was content with believing that real miracles only happened in Biblical times. I thought Jesus in the Gospels and his
