Catholic Stand – Page 158 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

The Infant of Prague

Masha Goepel January 22, AD2020 13 Comments

I don’t know when they started gathering. I only know that at some point, early in my marriage I looked around and realized that our

The Double Effect Principle and Abortion:
A Primer for Catholic Legislators*

Guest Contributor January 22, AD2020 2 Comments

“Nothing hinders one act from having two effects, only one of which is intended, while the other is beside the intention.” —St. Thomas Aquinas, “Summa

The Jewish Roots of the Papacy: Part One

Briana Huddleston January 21, AD2020 8 Comments

The bishop of Rome is one of the primary factors that sets Roman and Eastern Catholics apart from all other Christian denominations. Most Christians who

Lighting Candles in a Very Dark World

Ray Sullivan January 21, AD2020 2 Comments

As Christians our duty and our joy is lighting candles in a very dark world. In the 1950’s, Father James Keller of the Christophers used

Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time: Off the Shelf 160 with Sara Estabrooks

Pete Socks January 20, AD2020 No Comments

Off the Shelf 160 – Sara Estabrooks If there is one key area we can focus on in our spiritual lives that will ultimately help

Cussing, Social Class, and the Culture of Contempt

Anthony S. Layne January 20, AD2020 6 Comments

About cussing I’m ambivalent. By no means is my verbal communication always pure and elevated. Yes, it does include a lot of big words, but

God Helps the Outcast: St. Damien of Molokai

Janet Meyer January 19, AD2020 No Comments

Many a time in fulfilling my priestly duties at the lepers’ homes, I have been obliged, not only to close my nostrils but to remain

presentation, advent, joyful mysteries, rosary, humility

My Family, Your Family, Holy Family

Deacon John Bacon January 18, AD2020 No Comments

The Feast of the Holy Family is one of the important celebrations of the Christmas Season – in fact, it is my personal favorite. It

Jesus, Wine and the Temperance Movement

Daniel Demers January 18, AD2020 1 Comment

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.—Ecclesiastes 9:7 (KJV) THE

Our (Not My) Father

Guy McClung January 17, AD2020 1 Comment

When one of Jesus’s disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray, Jesus responded with the Lord’s Prayer (Lk 11:2-4; Mt 6:9-13). In Matthew’s

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

Staying True to the Church in the Midst of Scandal

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. January 17, AD2020 3 Comments

Many people these days seem no longer surprised to hear of reports or news about abuse of men, women and children by members of the

Finding Christ in the Waiting

Mary Newman January 16, AD2020 1 Comment

When I was engaged, I spent a lot of time scrolling through wedding planning forums. My now-husband and I had a longer than usual engagement.

Short Devotionals for your Lenten Journey

Pete Socks January 16, AD2020 1 Comment

We just put away our Christmas trees, and now we are only a few short weeks away from Ash Wednesday, which arrives on February 26.

How the Legion of Mary Taught Me to be Catholic

Laura DeMaria January 15, AD2020 3 Comments

One of the first things I did after becoming Catholic, in my late 20’s, was to join a lay apostolate called The Legion of Mary.

The Massive Persecution of Christians

Tom Collingwood January 15, AD2020 No Comments

Are you aware of the horrors surrounding the ongoing persecution of Christians worldwide? In a 2017 essay, I highlighted how that persecution has reached a

mary full of grace, Immaculate Conception

Countering ‘the Assumption is just a Catholic Myth’ Claim

Dr. Allison Low January 14, AD2020 21 Comments

Imagine a young Catholic teenager taking a religious history class in a non-Catholic Christian high school. At some point during class discussion the topic of

The Truth About the Sheen Snub

Patrick Coffin January 14, AD2020 5 Comments

The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick

Consecration to Saint Joseph: Off the Shelf 159 with Fr Donald Calloway

Pete Socks January 13, AD2020 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 159 – Father Donald Calloway All one needs to do is look on social media or turn on the news and you

existence, light, end times, Warning, darkness

We are One Generation from Atheism

Richard Van Kirk January 13, AD2020 8 Comments

We are always only one generation away from atheism. Paganism is faith in something, or somethings outside of a person. Atheism is faith in nothing

The Necessity of Good Works for Salvation in the Gospels

JP Nunez January 12, AD2020 9 Comments

One of the biggest issues separating Catholics and Protestants is the question of the necessity of good works for salvation. At the risk of oversimplifying