Catholic Stand – Page 19 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

A Simple End

Tom Thomas May 10, AD2025 2 Comments

Walking through a cemetery can be quite educative. Reading the various inscriptions on the headstones, one can get an idea of the person. The age,

Problems in the English Translations of Vatican II

Rory Fox May 9, AD2025 1 Comment

The Vatican website contains English translations of the documents of Vatican II. However, there are a number of problems in those translations. The problems extend

Our First North American Pope!

Melanie Jean Juneau May 8, AD2025 2 Comments

The world was surprised and filled with joy when the Chicago born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic

Jesus said Many Would be Excluded from the Kingdom of Heaven

Gene M. Van Son May 8, AD2025 8 Comments

Msgr. Charles Pope writes, “Of all the theological errors commonly held today, the most popular is surely the denial of the doctrine of hell.” This

Thomas Merton on Loving People Who Do Bad Things

Dennis Dillon May 7, AD2025 2 Comments

One of the most important teachings in Christianity is simple to say but very hard to do: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus Christ taught

The Power of Divine Grace

Taylor Willis May 6, AD2025 2 Comments

The moment I knelt in the confessional at the start of this past Lent, I knew it would be a breakthrough in my spiritual life.

If The Mass Is Just A Meal, To Hell With It: Part II

Guy McClung May 6, AD2025 1 Comment

To read Part I In this Catechism’s section on the Eucharist, Part Two, Section Two, Chapter One, Article 3, the Catechism never refers to the

If The Mass Is Just A Meal, To Hell With It: Part I

Guy McClung May 5, AD2025 1 Comment

At a dinner party in 1950, Mary Flannery O’Connor [“Flannery” to her friends and now to countless appreciative readers], heard then-famous author [never heard of

The Kingdom of God is like a Henhouse

Nathan Krupa May 4, AD2025 2 Comments

Rotten eggs explode. I learned the hard way. It all started when I moved our family out to the country. The house next to my

Make Fridays Good Again

Dan Fitzpatrick May 3, AD2025 6 Comments

Fasting has always been a part of the world God created. As St. Basil the Great tells us “It was the first commandment that Adam

Devil on My Shoulder

Carol Monaco May 2, AD2025 2 Comments

Sometimes I feel like a cartoon character with an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Which one will rule the day?

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The Sunday Readings and Catholic Doctrine for May 2025

Marty Dybicz May 2, AD2025 3 Comments

The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for May 2025 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. God communicates most clearly to us through Catholic Doctrine.

Take, Lord, My Memory

Mary Ennis Meo May 1, AD2025 3 Comments

When I was a young stay-at-home mom, I earned a little income and kept myself intellectually active by giving guitar lessons. Sometimes, as often happens

Fixing Us First

Dom Cingoranelli April 30, AD2025 3 Comments

Many people possess a profusion of plans for “fixing” the Church, the government, the economy, and other folks. But rarely do we give priority to

Blindsided: When Catholic Parents Get Ousted

Dorothy Osanna April 29, AD2025 37 Comments

Clad in soft purple scrubs, ready to begin her sixteen-hour night shift, Christine gazes into the cell phone camera held by her young son at

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Humility, Humility, Humility

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer April 28, AD2025 4 Comments

As we begin the Easter season and mourn the passing of Pope Francis, a particular virtue repeatedly sprang into my mind: the virtue of humility.

The Gateway of the Soul

Evangeline Lothian April 28, AD2025 3 Comments

On How the Physical Unites us to the Spiritual Christian artwork, whether Protestant or Catholic, becomes “a gateway” into Faith: take, for example, Ciseri’s Ecce

Divine Mercy: Free Pardon for the Sinner?

Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos MIC April 27, AD2025 5 Comments

Or Absolute Accountability To God’s Justice for the Sins of Mankind? Does Divine Mercy offer the sinner unconditional pardon for one’s transgressions, irrespective of the

Encountering Jesus

Diana Ragsdale April 27, AD2025 6 Comments

I find myself praying the rosary a lot more often in recent times. And as I was praying the rosary one morning, something about the

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An Image of Jesus for Everyone

Timothy McHugh April 26, AD2025 7 Comments

Many protestants will criticize the images and statues in Catholic Churches. They accuse Catholics of violating the first commandment. A second argument specifically against the