A Letter to Our Bishops
Guest Contributor
January 3, AD2020
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Who’s going to save our Church? It’s not our bishops, it’s not our priests and it is not the religious. It is up to you,
The Magi’s Quest for the Christ Child
Nada Mazzei
January 3, AD2020
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The Epiphany takes place days after the secular world has already taken down Christmas trees, lights and festive decorations. Radios and stores have stopped playing
Top Ten Books of 2019 – The Catholic Book Blogger Edition
Pete Socks
January 2, AD2020
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2019 marked my first full year of reviewing books here at Catholic Stand and my seventh year reviewing books overall. Oh what a year it
The Our Father: Praising God and Praying For Ourselves
Guy McClung
January 2, AD2020
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The prayer Jesus gave us, the Our Father as recounted in Matthew 6:9-13 and in Luke 11:2-4, has typically been divided into salutations to God
In Transit at the Airport of Life’s Journey
Barbara Padolina
January 1, AD2020
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“The whole journey of life is a journey of preparation. Sometimes the Lord has to do it quickly, as he did with the good thief:
The Resolution to End all Resolutions
David Torkington
December 31, AD2019
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A hermit I know used to say, ‘When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be
An Unexpected Journey with the Holy Family
Betty Parquette
December 31, AD2019
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The swoosh from my phone startled me from my slumber at 6 am on Sunday the 15th of December. It was a message from my
Christ Within Us
Carol Monaco
December 30, AD2019
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As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, do we contemplate Jesus Christ being formed within each of us? Perhaps we think we are not
The Eucharist Foretold: Off the Shelf 157 with Mike Aquilina
Pete Socks
December 30, AD2019
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Off the Shelf 157 – Mike Aquilina We wrap up 2019 with my good friend Mike Aquilina. Join us as we take a look at
New Year Resolution – Love and Surrender to God’s Will
Kendra Von Esh
December 29, AD2019
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What is your new year resolution going to be? Since we just started a new liturgical year in the Church, finished Advent and celebrated Jesus’
Neither Christ’s Family Nor Our Families Are Perfect
Marty Dybicz
December 29, AD2019
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Just as many of us make special efforts to spend time with members of our families during this Christmas season, it is also a time
Beating the Demon of Pornography
Rob Marco
December 28, AD2019
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Recently I started an accountability group for a small number of men struggling with the scourge of pornography. These are good Catholic men attempting to
Fear, Faith, and Surrender
Susan Skinner
December 28, AD2019
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). This summer I was overcome with fear when
Thoughts from the Secretary’s Desk
Suellen Brewster
December 27, AD2019
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For over seven years now, I have been the secretary at a small church in my hometown. It is a small church with a big
God Was Emmanuel to Outcast Christian Parents: A Christmas Story
Loreto Xavier
December 27, AD2019
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For us, the birth of our son is a Christmas story about God coming to be with us in a special way and teaching us
Consecration to Saint Joseph
Pete Socks
December 26, AD2019
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For much of 2019, I waited with great anticipation for a book that was in development. When it first was announced by the author, it
Christmas Wishes with St Francis of Assisi
David Torkington
December 26, AD2019
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The year was 1220, the place was Egypt, shortly after the siege of Damietta. A small nondescript looking man stood before the Sultan arrayed in
If Your Birthday is Christmas Day, Are You Cheated?
Kerri Lynn Bishop
December 25, AD2019
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Christmas has always been my favorite day of the year, so hearing we were due to have a baby on Christmas Day thrilled me beyond
The Birth of Christ: The Invasion of Time by Eternity
Melanie Jean Juneau
December 25, AD2019
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Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
God Chose to Become Man and Make His Home Within Us
David Torkington
December 24, AD2019
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Of the whole gamut of myths, legends and fairy tales that have been told in human history, not even the most outrageous or outlandish can
Christmas Eve in the Psychiatric Unit
Guest Contributor
December 24, AD2019
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By Brother Henry Arruda OMI I was not just in the hospital but in the “Psychiatric Unit” of the hospital. This is what happened to
Meeting the Protestant Challenge: Off the Shelf 156 with Karlo Broussard
Pete Socks
December 23, AD2019
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Off the Shelf 156 – Karlo Broussard At some point every one of us has heard things like: “How can you believe that? Don’t you
