Catholic Stand – Page 51 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

The Last Warrior-Monk?

Guest Contributor September 13, AD2023 13 Comments

By: Unknown Centurion For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7). A

The Advantage of An Outward Focus

Dom Cingoranelli September 12, AD2023 14 Comments

Live with an outward focus, making God’s will and others’ needs the targets of your attention. God wants to use each of us for His

Truly Catholic Schools Are Urgently Needed

Marty Dybicz September 11, AD2023 9 Comments

The need for truly Catholic schools is urgent. Catholic schools have always needed to be the schools that God wants them to be, which is

The Tassels of My Life

Tom Thomas September 10, AD2023 2 Comments

Some words from the Holy Bible have found themselves in our everyday vocabulary, and it is interesting to study their origins when they were first

What is Truth? A Modern Day Tower of Babel Story

Deacon Frank September 9, AD2023 9 Comments

At the present hour, humanity is reaping the harmful consequences of relativism and subjective truth. In tandem, they are doing tremendous damage to our culture

Bible Canon: What Is the Problem?

Rory Fox September 8, AD2023 14 Comments

Over the centuries Christians have disagreed about which texts constitute Scripture, and about what the contents of the Bible should be. This is the problem

The “Theological Time Bomb”

Joe Tevington September 7, AD2023 18 Comments

St. Pope John Paul II gave 129 addresses at general audiences from 1979 to 1984, focused on marriage, family, and human sexuality. Biographer George Weigel

The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor

Deacon Greg Lambert September 6, AD2023 3 Comments

The Lord hears the cry of the poor, Blessed be the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times With praise ever in my

Love Letters to the Latin Mass 8: The Communion Rail

Cynthia Millen September 5, AD2023 3 Comments

O gracious Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting to Thy mercy and goodness, fear and tremble in

The Harmonic Interplay: Right to Life and Environmental Ecology

Dennis Dillon September 4, AD2023 7 Comments

While not everyone agrees that we need to be much more concerned about our planet, no one can disagree that environmental ecology is a hot

Why Did Jesus Preach to Spirits in Prison?

Nate Guyear September 3, AD2023 9 Comments

In my previous article, we looked at why Jesus descended to Abraham’s Bosom but not to Gehenna after His Crucifixion. After exploring this topic, questions

Parents in Today’s Spiritual Battle Need Information and Inspiration

Dan Fitzpatrick September 2, AD2023 6 Comments

Admit it – we are in the spiritual battle of our time, with authentic Catholics being constantly publicly assaulted because of our beliefs regarding marriage,

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Catholic Doctrine and the Sunday Readings for September 2023

Marty Dybicz September 1, AD2023 1 Comment

The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for September 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Let’s learn the doctrines in the Catechism of the

How to Make Your Home a Domestic Church

Laura DeMaria August 31, AD2023 4 Comments

“The family is, so to speak, the domestic church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the faith

Thank You, God, For Ice Cream And Cow Pies

Guy McClung August 31, AD2023 3 Comments

Ice Cream: A sweet frozen dessert, typically made from flavored cream or milk which includes a sweetener, e.g. sugar, or a sugar substitute, and can

The Power of Sacramental Grace: Seven Steps for Evangelization

Deacon Steve Greco August 30, AD2023 1 Comment

The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that the effect of the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation “is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit