Catholic Stand – Page 312 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

It Ain’t About the Football

Autumn Jones October 2, AD2014 3 Comments

I went to see “When the Game Stands Tall,” the “football movie” as I called it, when I purchased my ticket from the woman at

The Catholic Church Is All About Rules!

Todd Nolan October 2, AD2014 21 Comments

How many times have you heard this statement before? The Catholic Church is mentioned in conversation and all anyone can say is, “The Church is

Reflections on Mass and Marriage

Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC October 1, AD2014 4 Comments

There have been times when I realized a day was a Holy Day of Obligation and I bristled at the idea of fitting Mass into

Stop Begging for Money and Teach Stewardship

Loye Young October 1, AD2014 21 Comments

Home for me is a 16 foot travel trailer at a camping “resort” in San Antonio, Texas. One afternoon last week, I was sitting in

Is Christ the Head of Your Home?

Michelle Fritz October 1, AD2014 18 Comments

My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now

Hearing the Still Voice in a Noisy World

Nicholas Senz September 30, AD2014 6 Comments

The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once wrote: If I could prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe

Provoked With Their ‘No-God’

Bob Drury September 30, AD2014 10 Comments

The rhetoric of the American Revolution was mild compared to that of the French Revolution. In Great Britain the monarchy had long since been replaced

Pope Francis Calls for Synod on the Family

Kerri Lynn Bishop September 27, AD2014 21 Comments

In just a few days, from October 5th-19th, Pope Francis will hold a very special and rare event. An extraordinary synod, a meeting of select

“As we forgive those who trespass against us.” Part I: Free Will and Divine Providence

Bob Kurland September 27, AD2014 8 Comments

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Matthew 18:21

Holy War, Catholic Style

Victor Ajluni, MD September 26, AD2014 6 Comments

The headlines are graphic and sickening. Christians are being murdered systematically in the Middle East. It seems that while we look on in horror, the world is

Faith, Tried and Tested

Lisa Shefferly-Gillay September 26, AD2014 5 Comments

I am sitting here on my couch looking around the room. Candles give off a soft glow, and the fireplace looks warm and inviting. My

Season of the Doubtful Heart; the Autumn of Emotion

Susan Anne September 26, AD2014 275 Comments

And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for

The Screwtape Epilogue: Pastor Pens Letter Welcoming Planned Parenthood

Jennifer Hartline September 25, AD2014 10 Comments

The Rev. Walter Baer of the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans has penned a letter that could be an epilogue from the

The Catholic Man Crisis and Why It Matters

Matthew James Christoff September 24, AD2014 56 Comments

With its roots in Vatican II, the New Evangelization is a recognition that a crisis exists in the Church because large numbers of baptized Catholics

How God Reveals Himself in Memory

Jeffrey McLeod, PhD September 23, AD2014 5 Comments

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard. A metaphysical principle observed by St. Thomas Aquinas says that

Being the “Good Girl”

Anna Rose Meeds September 23, AD2014 7 Comments

Good, perfect, holy, sweet, innocent, beautiful, kind, pure – there are so many words that described who I wanted to be ever since childhood. These

Different Strokes: A Matter of Style

Foxfier September 23, AD2014 11 Comments

There are a lot of good painters that I just don’t like. That statement doesn’t mean that they are bad artists. It means the style of this or that

Being Globally Generous

Fr. James Melnick September 22, AD2014 3 Comments

Although Uganda is not a Top 10 Places to Vacation on any list that I have seen, I really meant to go there to relax and

Marriage: ‘Bergoglio’ Approves Shacking Up?

Kevin Aldrich September 22, AD2014 94 Comments

Maybe you heard that on Sunday, September 14, 2014, Pope Francis married twenty couples at St. Peter’s Basilica. I learned about it first from an

Encountering God In Daily Life

Jamey Brown September 21, AD2014 7 Comments

New York City can be a daunting place for a Catholic, or anyone who wants to live a religious or moral life. While it is

Save the Storks in Delaware

JoAnna Wahlund September 19, AD2014 13 Comments

Friends, I have a very important message for you today, but I’m not going to be the one to convey it. Instead, I’m going to

Eugenics and the “Hitler Card”

Anthony S. Layne September 19, AD2014 18 Comments

Taxonomy of the “Hitler Card” Fallacy The Fallacy Files website, which is devoted to exploring and exploding errors in reasoning, gives the following forms for