Catholic Stand – Page 67 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

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Marriage and Mystical Loving

David Torkington December 20, AD2022 2 Comments

My book ‘The Primacy of Loving’ is being published in the UK on the 9th of December and in the USA on the 1st of

Christmas, Hanukkah,
and Strange Physics:
the Theology of Light

Bob Kurland December 20, AD2022 4 Comments

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness

Lion and Lamb Book Club: Off the Shelf 249 with Jessica Thornton

Pete Socks December 19, AD2022 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 249 – Jessica Thornton This week on Off the Shelf I welcomed Jessica Thornton, Content Manager for Catholic Ventures and their great

The Catholic Faith for Beginners

Ray Sullivan December 18, AD2022 14 Comments

Many people out there just don’t “get” the Catholic Church. Some think that it is some kind of a Babylonian “mystery” religion, “worshiping the fish

And a Talking Donkey…

Sydney Sadowski December 18, AD2022 6 Comments

When I was in the US over the summer, I spent time with one of my dearest Catholic friends. We’ve been friends for almost 30

A Mirror of Christmas – The Happily Married Couple

Larry Peterson December 17, AD2022 9 Comments

St. Joseph and his wife Mary, The Immaculate Conception and Mother of God, set the standard for married couples. This is about a couple who

The Angelus: A Prayer for Advent and Beyond

Mary Ennis Meo December 16, AD2022 4 Comments

Two figures, a man and a woman in their 19th-century work clothes, stand in a farm field. Their heads are bent in prayer; their farm

Does It Grow?

Guest Contributor December 15, AD2022 8 Comments

By Robin Stone The young man’s eyes danced with delight as he spoke of his bride-to-be. He recounted their early dating in high school, he

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Maintaining Purity in a Father Stu World

Steve Smith December 14, AD2022 25 Comments

“How does swearing make you feel?” This was the unexpected question I was asked as hundreds of pounds of weights quivered over my head. Back

Letting Go of Our Hang-Ups

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. December 13, AD2022 6 Comments

Ages ago, I used to think the word “hang-ups” referred only to a person’s petty insecurities, say, a manager’s being annoyed by a subordinate’s brilliance

The Mystical Body of Christ

Maurice Williams December 12, AD2022 2 Comments

We all have heard of the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ. I wonder how well we and the world understand it. It means

Why Atheism Needs God

Nate Guyear December 11, AD2022 34 Comments

In 1947, C.S. Lewis popularized an argument against atheism, specifically, atheistic naturalism. This argument is known as the argument from reason. In this article, I will

Advent, Christmas, and Solving the World’s Problems

Gene M. Van Son December 10, AD2022 8 Comments

Each year in September, at the start of Faith Formation classes, I begin the very first class by asking the students, “Why do we exist?

The Idolatry of Preference

Deacon Greg Lambert December 9, AD2022 5 Comments

What is your idolatry of preference? If you are not sure, perhaps a definition of the term will help. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, idolatry

The “Piano Smile” – A Christmas Season Moment

Larry Peterson December 9, AD2022 7 Comments

What follows happened several years ago. The time or date does not matter but the moment is timeless. Occasionally a smile unexpectedly bursts forth from

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Perfect Man Perfect Mother -The Meaning of the Immaculate Conception

David Torkington December 8, AD2022 1 Comment

Of course, I can’t remember being conceived nor growing into a baby in my mother’s womb. Nor for that matter do I remember being baptised

Being Authentic in the Struggle Against Abortion

Cynthia Millen December 8, AD2022 3 Comments

Once again this Advent, the sermons of Jesuit Fr. Alfred Delp published in Advent of the Heart (Ignatius Press) have deeply touched and challenged me.

Did Vatican II Change the Doctrine of the Social Kingship of Christ?

Rory Fox December 7, AD2022 6 Comments

In 1965 Vatican II stated that there is a Religious freedom… [which] leaves untouched the traditional Catholic doctrine on the moral duty of men and

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The Immaculate Conception and Other Conceptions

Joe Tevington December 7, AD2022 3 Comments

The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Fall (#73 – 78) explains original sin in this way: When tempted by the

Station 14: Who is God?

Richard Auciello December 6, AD2022 2 Comments

Jesus is Placed in the Sepulcher Even though his body is dead, his history is alive, taunting and perhaps prophetically speaking, haunting. As I stand