Catholic Stand – Page 48 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Knowledge Alone is not Enough

David Torkington November 6, AD2023 7 Comments

A Letter to a young mother of four who asked my opinion on the Essence of Mystical Theology. I am sorry I should have clarified

Where The Demons Fear To Tread

Richard Auciello November 5, AD2023 4 Comments

Here I stand in the forest of perfection. A perfection of peace, calm and sanctity. This perfection is not wholly within me, for I am

“New Ways” and a Very Old Proclivity

Joe Tevington November 4, AD2023 7 Comments

Since the Church’s beginning, we sinful people have acted as though Jesus’ magnificent message about marriage/family/sexuality was NOT abundantly clear. As a result, there has

Can We Turn Back Our Clocks One Generation this Sunday?

Dan Fitzpatrick November 3, AD2023 11 Comments

At 2:00 a.m. this coming Sunday, November 5, Daylight Saving Time ends, and so we are to turn back our clocks one hour to 1:00

Comforting the Disturbed and Disturbing the Comfortable

Dennis Dillon November 2, AD2023 3 Comments

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Jesus came to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Christian authors and speakers often use this saying to encapsulate

saints, discipleship, sainthood, St. Dymphna, diversity, All Saints Day

The All Saints Day – Halloween (and All Souls Day) Connection

Gene M. Van Son November 1, AD2023 4 Comments

Atheists, neo-pagans, and other non-Christians are always trying to say certain Catholic Holy Days have their origins in pagan celebrations. Halloween and All Saints Day

Tips from the Monastery

Jacqueline St. Clare October 31, AD2023 7 Comments

It has been nine years since I entered the Monastery of the Poor Clare Colettine nuns. I was just out of high school when I

Fullness of Love

Carol Monaco October 30, AD2023 1 Comment

In Story of a Soul, Thérèse of Lisieux exclaimed: “O Jesus, my Love, my vocation, at last I have found it. My vocation is Love!”

Catholic Doctrine and the Sunday Readings for November 2023

Marty Dybicz October 29, AD2023 3 Comments

The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for November 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. As Michael Hanby has reminded us, St. John XXIII

Hallowed, Not Haunted

Mary Ennis Meo October 28, AD2023 9 Comments

When my grandmother was young, she and some friends visited a fortune teller at a carnival. The soothsayer foretold that my grandmother, Eva, would have

Ordination of Women In the Church

Nate Guyear October 27, AD2023 23 Comments

Before I get going on the ordination of women, I just want to be clear that I am not against female leaders. In fact, I

Fighting the Battle of Ideas with Comic Books

Genesius October 26, AD2023 5 Comments

When I was first married, my wife collected books for young girls published during World War II. My wife had some of these as a

A Touching Sense of Tact

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer October 26, AD2023 3 Comments

I always enjoy coming back to the parish after time away. Whether it’s for a weekend retreat, a month of break, or six weeks in

The Hamas-Israel War In Light of My Conversion From Judaism to Catholicism

Dr. Edouard Belaga October 25, AD2023 21 Comments

From Russia to Israel I was born just before the Second World War in Soviet Ukraine, in Kiev, the only child of a Jewish family.

Talk to Your Child About Pornography Sooner Than Later

Dan Fitzpatrick October 24, AD2023 3 Comments

Today’s parents are up against more evil influences out to negatively affect and damage their children than any era prior. Much of this has to do

Caterpillar Goo and Butterfly Bodies

Mark Belanger October 23, AD2023 3 Comments

My weekly study group has been reading St. Theresa of Avila’s “The Interior Castle” for several weeks now. It’s a book that has been called

A Letter to a Mother About the Synod on Synodality

David Torkington October 23, AD2023 6 Comments

A Letter to a young mother of four who asked my opinion on the current Synod of Synodality which she is finding unfathomable. When I

Beware the Media and Be Christlike

Diana Ragsdale October 23, AD2023 3 Comments

Movies, television shows, and music are great leisure activities from our usual busy and sometimes hectic lives. However, as Catholics, we should always be careful