If you’ve found yourself in debt from credit cards, new vehicles, and student loans, chances are you’ve fallen into instant gratification debt. However, fear not. The
There is an autonomous response called “fight or flight” that affects us all at certain points throughout our lives during times of crisis. If we
Paul Griffiths is an expert on Catholic thought, holding the Warren Professor of Catholic thought at Duke Divinity School but this past month he was
My first novena to the Holy Spirit was in 1974. At that time, I was purely motivated to pray this novena by an infatuation I
Many today are getting lost amongst the busy consumer culture, bogged down with appearing successful and fitting in with those around them. This culture
The reader will recall that I had met a young woman at a parish event and she was asking me why I did not believe
I object to the profanation of sacred images and sacramentals in cinema. I have been writing about and meditating on the power of the Holy
We celebrate the birthday of the Church on Pentecost Sunday fifty days after Easter. The Holy Spirit came upon the apostles and transformed them from
One afternoon, at some sort of parish event, one of the young women from the parish asked me, “You believe in miracles, don’t you?” My
Dysfunction Is Everywhere Are you dismayed at times by the amount of dysfunction you run into when dealing with other people? Does it seem to
“Pray always, but not in order to convince the Lord by dint of words! He knows our needs better than we do! Indeed, persevering prayer
A friend who works for a Catholic apostolate recently shared with me that she was discouraged from breastfeeding her 5-month-old daughter during training sessions. She isn’t the first
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Good Just Lives Our life is morally good or righteous if it
Faithful Catholics order their lives around the sacraments of the church. They are regular in attending Mass, often more than once a week, and they
After dropping off my son at school, I usually go running at the local park. This park is quite unusual in the Los Angeles area.
But she answered him, “Yes Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” And he said to her, “For saying this
strength A few weeks ago, I visited a very devout aunt of mine in the hospital. But I had forgotten what kind of person this
Catholic Stand will be featuring a podcast by Patrick Coffin once a month. Patrick was blessed to moderate debates and discussions about the most important
“Always be ready,” Scripture tells us, “to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you”
Trees I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet
Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our three month anniversary of marriage, and as those three months have passed, I have learned much about the
Since Netflix began to air the series, 13 Reasons Why, the subject of suicide, particularly among adolescents, has become a prominent subject of conversation nationwide. The current statistics in the
