Catholic Stand – Page 282 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

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Answering the Call to Work

Dawn Carpenter January 16, AD2016 2 Comments

Recent studies show a need for a greater understanding of labor as a Christian call to work. Nearly half the people on the planet are

Discerning Private Revelation: A Particular Pitfall

Kevin Symonds January 16, AD2016 46 Comments

Over the course of my now fourteen years of studying and working with the Catholic Church’s theology of private revelation, I have come to understand

How Should We Honor Our Elderly Parents?

Anthony S. Layne January 16, AD2016 4 Comments

In response to Dr. Denise Hunnell’s December 29, 2015 Catholic Stand post, “Family Life as ‘Domestic Pilgrimage’”, a loyal reader brought up a question

Suffering For a Reason: Not What Yoda Would Advise

Pete Socks January 15, AD2016 4 Comments

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to suffering.” This quote comes from Star Wars’ Master Yoda in in an exchange with

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A March for Life, A March of Hope

Stephanie H. To January 15, AD2016 1 Comment

January 22 marks the 43rd anniversary of the tragic legalization of abortion on demand in our country via two Supreme Court decisions, Roe v. Wade

Grandmothers: God’s Gift of Love and Mercy

Anne DeSantis January 13, AD2016 2 Comments

Grandmothers and Mercy January is a time that reminds me of my deceased Grandmother. She passed away over 20 years ago on January 31. It is

Five Tips for Catholic Blogging and Social Media

Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC January 12, AD2016 10 Comments

So, you’re excited about your faith and want to share it. You want to evangelize! You realize that much of the world has moved online

Truth: Not What You Think

Kevin Aldrich January 12, AD2016 7 Comments

A FaceBook friend recently posted this: What I fear has become the new “progressive” orthodoxy is this, that there is no such thing as truth.

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Saint Joseph and His Call to Men

Matthew James Christoff January 11, AD2016 No Comments

There is a Catholic “man-crisis.” Many men have quit Catholicism and many fail to practice the faith. Many Catholic men have lost sight of the

Why Pray Novenas?

Patti Maguire Armstrong January 10, AD2016 3 Comments

Catholics get criticized for including the Blessed Mother in their prayer lives, but then, on top of that, they pray to the saints. We are

Grandparents: Link to the Past, Hope for the Future

Melanie Jean Juneau January 10, AD2016 4 Comments

Throughout history, and even now in agricultural, third-world cultures, extended families are the norm. Secondary attachments in such families enrich the lives of children. As

Altar Serving: Keeping Young Men Engaged

David Roney January 9, AD2016 4 Comments

Every so often the issue of altar serving comes into question, as it has again recently. There is an ongoing, extensive debate over who

Book Review: Is ‘The Kiss of Jesus’ Right for You?

Anabelle Hazard January 9, AD2016 No Comments

Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s memoir “The Kiss of Jesus” is best categorized as an appropriate Lenten read. It is an honest story of a woman’s difficult,

Musings on Maturity

Cecily Lowe January 9, AD2016 1 Comment

A couple of years ago, I read a book in which one of the characters, while being interviewed, was posed the question, “When does a

Does the Pope Really Think Jesus Sinned?

Scott Eric Alt January 8, AD2016 58 Comments

Pope Francis has, once again, gotten himself in trouble with those bloggers who are often more than ready to criticize his every word. This time,

Set Goals Worth Living For in 2016!

John C. Connell January 8, AD2016 No Comments

If you’re anything like me you’ve been thinking a lot these past couple weeks, gearing up for the new year. As I get older, I

Satan’s Twin Terror: Mary and The Eucharist

Ray Sullivan January 7, AD2016 19 Comments

It is so important to incorporate the devotion to Mary and her holy intercession with her son along with a strong devotion to the Eucharist

Catholic Devotions: A Spiritual Vocabulary

James Hooper January 7, AD2016 3 Comments

Sometimes God grants special graces to parents. Little encouragements come out of the blue that let you know that what you’re trying to teach has

“Sin Makes Men Accomplices of One Another”

Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg January 6, AD2016 30 Comments

Navigating the modern moral landscape is a complicated task. Fiber optics, television, bullet trains and commercialized space flights have brought us spiritual dangers no different