Ask any New Yorker, in our post 9-11 world, what “See something? Say something,” means and they’ll tell you. It’s actually a very simple idea
Justice is simply defined as giving one his or her “due.” It means rendering to people what you owe them. What do we owe others?
Many of the articles which appear on Catholic Stand are correctly concerned about the election, abortion, medical issues, technology which blurs reality, the general economy, and the
If we are brutally honest, most Catholics must concede we view the world as if we stood at the centre of the universe with everyone
On May 13, 2016, the Catholic Church celebrated the 99th anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima. During the Fatima apparitions to the three shepherd
An analogy is a comparison of one thing to another. There are many spiritual analogies out there, ways in which we can illustrate how Christians
It seems no matter what our station in life we are bound to be the object of criticism at some point. Perhaps you are a
Forty years ago I was challenged by a Canoness. I had just finished a weekend course on personal prayer at the retreat centre that I ran
You have probably heard the old philosophical question, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound?”
When I saw that the eloquent Laura Fanucci, who blogs at Mothering Spirit, had written a book “Everyday Sacrament” published by Liturgical Press, I had
One of the major criticisms that Catholics often receive from most Protestants and others outside of the faith is that we worship the saints. The
The transgender bathroom issue is a red herring obscuring the agenda propagated by the media, educators, and political agitators. We have been led by the
A Quote From the Holy Father Pope Francis “May the Church be a place of God’s mercy and hope, where all feel welcomed, loved, forgiven
This article is the third in a series called, “The U.S. Military and the Catholic Faith: A Comparison”, which examines the comparisons between the U.S. Army
My usual big yawn during election years has this time around turned to into eager attention. What will the orange-haired rich guy with the personality of
“Get thee to a nunnery; why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” The line from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, is spoken
In the Summa Theologiae, II-II, q. 30, a. 4, St. Thomas Aquinas writes: “It is proper to God to exercise mercy, and he manifests his
How often do we hear of a spouse (usually the wife) struggling in their marriage because of a lack of deeper, heartfelt connection? And
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!” ~ Psalm 96:1 In 2012, if someone had said I’d one
Powerism is a generic term for any governing system in which one group of powered people controls, dominates, orders, and rules another group of non-powered
When I first decided to spend my life searching for God I visited the great Carthusian monastery, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster in Sussex with the
Not too long ago, I was blowing through all of the accumulated debris in my electronic mailbox(es) when one article caught my attention for a moment. The
