For many of us, the national election continues to be problematic. While reservations concerning Trump remain, Hillary will be the demise of any hope we have
Every morning I take time to read about the Saint of the Day on the Laudate app. What inspirations the saints are! For those
Being an active Catholic on social media who checks my Twitter and Facebook multiple times a day, I’m probably the last person you’d expect to
Fr. James Lavelle: I think there’s too much talk about sins and not enough about virtues. Fiona Lavelle: What would be your number one? Fr.
I have chosen to be a stay-at-home mom, so naturally, I spend a lot of time at home. Now that I have a newborn, though,
Do you ever wonder how our world has gotten so upside down in just the last few years? Men in girls’ bathrooms, same-sex “marriage,” racial
National Good Neighbor Day, September 28th, will have come and gone by the time this article posts. I haven’t checked, but something tells me there
Within the past two weeks the bishop of Nashville has come under fire for supporting his diocesan-wide high school sex education curriculum. He apparently has
Night, February 15, 1898, the American battleship USS Maine lay at anchor in the harbor of Havana. Although tensions were running high between the US government
Is there room in the modern mind for what we would call ‘biblical miracles?’ Today, we lean on modern medicine, doctors, science as the answers
Some large number of years ago, actually, a very large number of years ago, I recall watching a late night TV show and one of
We have a dearth of public, real-life heroes. Most public figures, whether in entertainment or politics, fall far from the mark when it comes to
A World-Wide Celebration On December 8, 2015, Pope Francis declared the current liturgical year to be a celebration of God’s mercy by proclaiming it as “The
In my last article, “Welcome to the House of Moral Dilemma,” I presented the many reasons why a serious Catholic in good faith could not
Most of the readers of Catholic Stand are probably aware of the wicked deception going on today in the world. St. Paul warned us about
I can’t believe how often I hear people who call themselves Catholic make explicit statements of unfaithfulness. It usually goes something like: “I love the
This seems to be impossible. St. Paul tells us: “Rejoice always, pray continually, in all things give thanks.” (1 Thess 5:16-18). No Joy In Pain
Angels have always played prominent roles in biblical stories. Over the years, they have inspired art, literature, and films. Saints have spoken with them. St.
We go to Mass, we go to confession frequently but we are not quite perfect are we? We are inherently human. We slip, we fall,
I Am Not More Holy than You Many people these days look at women who choose to practice the devotion of veiling as ‘holier than thou’ –
Speaking to tens of thousands of teenagers and young pilgrims at a candlelight vigil in the city of Freiburg, at the end of his
How does the Mass compete? The scenes from World Youth Day in Poland give hope that all is not lost. There is still a zeal
