Catholic Stand – Page 64 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

“Garabandal, Only God Knows”

Patty Knap February 1, AD2023 No Comments

In honor of the Solemnity of the Mother of God on the first of January, a film about the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary

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Catholic Doctrine and the Sunday Readings for February 2023

Marty Dybicz February 1, AD2023 3 Comments

The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for February 2023 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. It is Catholic Doctrine more than anything else that

Discipline, The Word I Loved to Hate

Kendra Von Esh January 31, AD2023 6 Comments

Me and discipline did not get along for 48 years of my life. I equated discipline to being punished like a child who misbehaved or

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Prepare Your Heart for Lent

Laura DeMaria January 31, AD2023 1 Comment

Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on February 22 this year, is just around the corner. Now, before the season starts, is the time to

Resolve

Carol Monaco January 30, AD2023 3 Comments

A month into the New Year and I have not kept my New Year’s resolution. That’s because I did not actually make one. I thought

Deep Faith Amid Life’s Storms

Dom Cingoranelli January 29, AD2023 7 Comments

A deep faith–it’s what’s needed to weather life’s storms–now and in the days ahead. What storms? You pick: current trends in the Church, in society

Guns Don’t Kill People . . . People Kill People

Gene M. Van Son January 28, AD2023 12 Comments

Three recent mass shooting incidents in California have “gun violence” in the news again. And most assuredly loud calls for banning guns will also be

Do You Believe the Apocalypse Is Coming?

Genesius January 27, AD2023 14 Comments

Most of us have probably heard someone or some fringe group lamenting that the end of the world is coming or even upon us. Often

A Catholic Priest Who Doesn’t Understand What Marriage Is

Nate Guyear January 27, AD2023 35 Comments

Over the weekend a popular Catholic priest known for his seemingly unbridled support for homosexual behavior, tweeted, “Pete Buttigieg is married.” His Tweet was a

Forgiving God

Deacon Steve Greco January 26, AD2023 4 Comments

There are many challenges in our world and often the good seem to suffer. But despite these difficulties, we know from Scripture that we are

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Mary, Victrix of Satan

Guy McClung January 25, AD2023 6 Comments

In these times in which it seems the world rulers of this present darkness are exercising demonic power here and all over the world, it

The Death of a Pope

Sydney Sadowski January 25, AD2023 3 Comments

Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2022) Many people my age have been formed in faith through the influence of John Paul II, who was Pope for most my

Adore Jesus this St. Valentine’s Day

Diana Ragsdale January 24, AD2023 5 Comments

One of the things I find most spiritually refreshing to do is to go to Adoration as often as possible. Seeing Jesus hidden in the

Is the Body of Christ Male or Female?

Guest Contributor January 24, AD2023 18 Comments

By: Unknown Centurion We are in post-Christian, neo-pagan times. If we truly are in Apostolic times where the culture is disordered and decadent, and practicing

Confidence in the Spiritual Life When We Are Weak

Jacqueline St. Clare January 24, AD2023 3 Comments

It is okay to be weak in Jesus. It is from this weakness that God gives us strength (See 2 Corinthians 12:20). From our weakness

What If You’re Wrong?

Bob Blundell January 23, AD2023 10 Comments

Another holiday season has come and gone, leaving most of us with cherished memories of the birth of the Christ child, and times spent with

When Fiction and Theology Intersect

Mark Belanger January 22, AD2023 4 Comments

The study group I am a part of began a tour through Dante’s “Divine Comedy” this week. This tour has led me to think about

Patron of Children – Prayers to the Infant of Prague

Masha Goepel January 21, AD2023 16 Comments

On the recent feast of the Infant of Prague (January 14th), I attended the funeral of a dear friend’s youngest child. Before the Mass, I

The Sacrament of Marriage

David Torkington January 20, AD2023 5 Comments

That such a highly educated layman with more Catholic credentials than I ever came across before should make such a statement, simply poleaxed me. He

Dialectics about Dialects and Culture

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer January 19, AD2023 8 Comments

There are 30 different dialects of American English, but there are 34 different dialects in Italy. This is rather curious. I began thinking about dialects