Catholic Stand – Page 277 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Catholic As A Part Of Speech

Dan Byron April 15, AD2016 2 Comments

I have long felt the word “catholic”, if simply used as a noun or an adjective, is improper. We will explore a couple of the eight

Let Peter Kreeft and Mother Angelica Tell You How to be Holy

Anabelle Hazard April 15, AD2016 3 Comments

I’ll admit to being star struck at Mother Angelica’s funeral. Not just at Jim Caviezel, the famous EWTN personalities, or the sturdy pillars of the

creation, creator, creature, genesis, being

How Do We Know God’s Will? Careers and God’s Call

Steffani Jacobs April 14, AD2016 4 Comments

Choosing a career is always a difficult decision to make. From the time we’re very young, we’re conditioned to focus our lives on the future,

Amoris Laetita Helps a Single Mom

Kerri Lynn Bishop April 14, AD2016 10 Comments

I was disappointed with the Synod on the Family. I believe the Catholic Church had the best intentions but that it missed great opportunities to strengthen marriage and

Economic Personalism: Tool for Morality in Markets

Dawn Carpenter April 13, AD2016 7 Comments

No matter what your ideology, there is common disdain for market manipulators, fraud, and theft. There is little disagreement about the repugnance of taking advantage

The Eucharist: Overcoming the Forbidden Fruit

Ray Sullivan April 13, AD2016 10 Comments

There is so much to be said about the Eucharist. It is Christ’s supreme gift of Himself to mankind. We can never truly thank God

Motivated by Love: Working Despite Criticism

Julie Machado April 12, AD2016 9 Comments

One of the hardest maxims to put into practice has got to be Mother Teresa’s advice: We must deliberately renounce all desires to see the

Debating Against a Stacked Deck

Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC April 12, AD2016 3 Comments

Recently, I posted on Twitter that we should protect parents and children by opposing a new policy allowing students to pick their bathroom without informing

Jane Austen Prays

Guy McClung April 11, AD2016 2 Comments

The primary reason for this article is to make those who do not know of the prayers written by Jane Austen. Below are some links

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Mirrors Darkly

Kevin Aldrich April 11, AD2016 13 Comments

Truth Truth is what is. Truth is the real. We error-prone and sometimes reality-denying human beings have the truth when what we think about corresponds

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Catholics: What Should Our Political Stance Be?

David Roney April 10, AD2016 16 Comments

The political divide in America seems to only get more polarized each year. Given the moral trajectory of our nation’s people and the “progress” away

In the Shelter of His Rays

Lilla Marie Lottinger April 10, AD2016 2 Comments

Entering Into the Resurrection – “The Shelter of His Rays” One of my favorite Rosary Mysteries is the Resurrection of Christ, though they all have their

My Experience at a Pro-life Rally

Colleen McCrum April 9, AD2016 No Comments

“Separation of Church and State! Separation of Church and State!” At 10 am, on Wednesday morning, on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court,

Precious: A Grandfather’s Lesson

Guy McClung April 9, AD2016 2 Comments

The first time I held my new granddaughter, I spontaneously said to her, “You are precious.” She is now a toddler. I still say this

Making Much of God’s Mother

Charlie Johnson April 8, AD2016 2 Comments

Catholics do not worship Mary – a Marian skeptic may concede the point. But we Catholics give her far too much attention, some might say,

Defying Abortion Logic: A Prolife Teen Experience

Birgit Jones April 8, AD2016 16 Comments

Relying “on the well-worn argument of pro-abortion activists that women need abortion and contraception to succeed in life” Wendy Davis spoke to students at Catholic

Choosing The Cross

Karen Reep April 7, AD2016 1 Comment

I am expecting our seventh child. My husband and I never dreamed we would be blessed this abundantly. Having a large family was always a

False Extremes Part 2: Tradition and The Word

James Hooper April 7, AD2016 No Comments

In Part 1 of this series on false dichotomies and extreme positions, we reviewed the false idea of Sola Scriptura, and the question of “Who

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The Idol-Worship of Ideology

Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg April 6, AD2016 4 Comments

We find ourselves particularly challenged in these modern times by a generally unsuspected set of idols: ideas. We are especially plagued today by our attachments