Catholic Stand – Page 26 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

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The Problem Of Evil

Mark Belanger December 27, AD2024 6 Comments

While browsing through history books in the library I stumbled across one with what struck me as having an odd picture on the cover. It

A “Christmas Truce” at an Abortion Center

Patty Knap December 26, AD2024 15 Comments

For years, pro life groups have organized Christmas caroling outside abortion centers. The unexpected, peaceful singing of beautiful songs has elicited so many reactions since

The Full Meaning of the Christmas Message

David Torkington December 25, AD2024 3 Comments

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

Be Patient with the ‘Chreasters’ at Christmas Masses

Genesius December 24, AD2024 4 Comments

Because of all the ‘Chreasters,’ standing room only and even overflows at Mass regularly happen on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. A

Wait With Expectant Joy This Christmas

Melanie Jean Juneau December 24, AD2024 1 Comment

Do we wait like jaded adults who are closed off to any spiritual surprises after years of unanswered prayers or do we wait like joyful

It’s Called CHRISTmas for a Reason

Dan Fitzpatrick December 23, AD2024 11 Comments

Two sayings you have no doubt heard over the years during Advent are, “Jesus is the reason for the season” and “You can’t spell ‘C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s’

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Short Answers: Why is Mary Immaculate?

Nate Guyear December 22, AD2024 6 Comments

While listening to the Mass readings at the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the word “fruit” from the first reading

Advent Nights

Masha Goepel December 21, AD2024 1 Comment

Advent is a dark season. Here in New England, the sun sets at four in the afternoon. It’s fully dark before five. The early mornings

“Mankind Was My Business!”

Mary Ennis Meo December 20, AD2024 6 Comments

A holiday trivia question: Which fictional character said, “Mankind was my business”? Perhaps you’ve guessed it. In case you aren’t sure, this line comes from

Advent Thoughts and Musings

Ray Sullivan December 19, AD2024 2 Comments

So now we are in the holy season of Advent, which looks forward to the second coming of Christ. All of the scary readings of

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Clearing the Air on the Use of EMHCs at Mass

Gene M. Van Son December 18, AD2024 17 Comments

Are Lay Eucharistic Ministers, i.e., Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHCs), like Costco sample ladies? A recent essay here at CS by Dan Fitzpatrick asked

Watch: You Do Not Know When the Master of the House Will Come!

Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos MIC December 17, AD2024 2 Comments

Why did the Church institute the liturgical season of Advent? Is it superfluous, or imperative, toward a fitting preparation for the coming celebration of the

Teach Your Kids the Joys of Giving

Dan Fitzpatrick December 16, AD2024 5 Comments

What better time for parents to teach their kids the joys of giving than at Advent, when secular society focuses solely on preparing “wish lists”

Overcoming Adversity

Deacon Steve Greco December 15, AD2024 1 Comment

My brothers and sisters, I have the best news you could ever have or hear: Jesus is Lord over all! Jesus is Lord over the

Rediscovering the Treasures of a Traditional Marriage

Joe Tevington December 14, AD2024 7 Comments

Background As per a decade old report on a conference about the lifelong, exclusive bond between one man and one woman: the focus of the

Obstacles to God’s Grace: Address Them During Advent

Dom Cingoranelli December 13, AD2024 5 Comments

Removing obstacles to God’s grace—this can help us all. And what better time to do it than the beginning of the new liturgical year, during

A Review of the New Book “The Stigmatists”

Gene M. Van Son December 12, AD2024 5 Comments

How many stigmatists have there been down through the ages? Ask any Catholic this question and he or she might venture a guess of 10

The Probability of 8 Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus Occurring by Happenstance

Deacon Frank December 11, AD2024 26 Comments

As we begin a new Church year with the commencement of Advent, we recall a number of Old Testament prophecies that pertain to Christ’ birth

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This Advent, Consider a Media Fast

Laura DeMaria December 10, AD2024 1 Comment

Advent – a time of beautiful, peaceful anticipation – is here! Advent is not a specifically penitential season, like Lent, and we don’t typically give

Are the 12 Condemned Propositions of 1924 Still Relevant? – Part 3

Rory Fox December 10, AD2024 13 Comments

This is the final part of a three-part series on the twelve condemned propositions of 1924. For part one see here, and for part two

Are the 12 Condemned Propositions of 1924 Still Relevant? – Part 2

Rory Fox December 9, AD2024 4 Comments

This is part two of a three-part series on the twelve condemned propositions of December 1924. For Part 1 see here. Proposition 5: Truth Is

Are the 12 Condemned Propositions of 1924 Still Relevant? – Part 1

Rory Fox December 8, AD2024 7 Comments

On December 1, 1924 the Vatican condemned twelve propositions relating to the “Philosophy of Action.” Looking at the propositions 100 years later, a question arises: