Catholic Stand – Page 78 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

10 Reverent Ways To Pray the Rosary

Kendra Von Esh July 14, AD2022 7 Comments

How many of you find yourself reciting the rosary but not meditating or truly praying it? Many of us fall into this, but we must

deism, probability, risk, advice, lessons, choice, change, morality

Can Devout Catholics Work in Theater?

Mary Ennis Meo July 14, AD2022 7 Comments

An Example of Holiness Once, at a teachers’ workshop, I heard a woman describe a beautiful altar which she had created in her workplace. Each

Jumping Off the Synodal Cliff with Your Favorite Bishop

Jerome German July 13, AD2022 7 Comments

We are almost to the point where the shenanigans of the Church in Germany are too print-weary to be newsworthy, and yet the headlines continue.

Loving the Elderly

Sr. Christina Neumann July 13, AD2022 2 Comments

The elderly have much to give us: there is the wisdom of life. They have much to teach us (Pope Francis). This month of July,

race, bias, critical race theory, Liberation Theology

The Christian Attitude Toward Personal Rights

JP Nunez July 12, AD2022 2 Comments

These days, everybody wants their rights. In fact, everyone seems obsessed with getting what is rightfully theirs. This admittedly natural and understandable desire pops up

Turning a House Into a Home

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. July 12, AD2022 9 Comments

“A chair is still a chair even when there’s no one sitting there…but a chair is not a house…and a house is not a home

What is This Fascination with Altars?

Maurice Williams July 11, AD2022 3 Comments

I traveled to many countries during my career, and in my travels, my hosts took me to many religious shrines they and their people were

Obstacles to God’s Unimaginable Love

Joe Tevington July 11, AD2022 6 Comments

Where I go to Sunday Mass, the parish has something called a “teardrops ministry”, which is a group that prays for people who have stopped

Our Lady Answered the Consecration

Peter Darcy July 10, AD2022 17 Comments

In the life of faith, we don’t always see the tangible fruits of our prayers, and that is as it should be. Faith requires trust,

Ukraine’s Saint Olga of Kyiv

Neil Jopson July 10, AD2022 3 Comments

To both Catholics and Orthodox, princess Olga is known as St. Olga of Kyiv and she is a woman of tremendous religious significance for the

vegetables, fresh, garden, food, market, vegetarian

Persistent Hope Grows Good Fruits

Guest Contributor July 9, AD2022 1 Comment

By: Tara Brelinsky I have a love-hate, care-neglect relationship with plant life. Really, I want to love gardening. I want to take credit for a

For the Bride and Groom on the Day of Their Marriage

John Kubasak July 9, AD2022 4 Comments

Summer is traditionally the season of weddings, but it can be easy for the spiritual side of the marriage vocation to be lost in the

Holiness is Child’s Play

Melanie Jean Juneau July 8, AD2022 8 Comments

The most famous ambassador of a childlike spirituality is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who lived in the late 1800s. St. Thérèse defined

dove, holy spirit, confirmation, spiritual life

The Church is One in the Integrity of Life

Bob Drury July 8, AD2022 2 Comments

The Church is one in the integrity of the life of the Blessed Trinity, Whose life is shared with Man as sanctifying grace through baptism.

The Church, Our Mother

Pamela Mandela July 7, AD2022 1 Comment

I chose to share this reflection because of an observation that was brought to light about the fall in attendance at both the daily and

Did St. Paul Fail with the Corinthians?

Rory Fox July 7, AD2022 5 Comments

The New Testament contains two letters from St. Paul (d. 65) to the Corinthians. They deal with a lot of separate issues, but they also

Genesis 1-3: Responding to Critics

Nate Guyear July 6, AD2022 9 Comments

In my last article on Genesis 1-3, I wrote about the allegorical nature of these chapters, but I did not lay out all the evidence

A Ratzinger Prophecy on the Cusp of Fulfillment

Paul A. Escott July 6, AD2022 7 Comments

During the course of the past few months, a relatively obscure book written in 1970 by then-father Joseph Ratzinger has garnered interest from major news

How God Protects His Revelation- Part II

James Harris July 5, AD2022 5 Comments

Part I introduced the thesis that God must protect His Revelation from the pollution of errors introduced by people. A study of By the way,

Globalized Wealth and the End of the Sexual Revolution

Anthony S. Layne July 5, AD2022 13 Comments

Wealth made possible all the things we associate with the “Sexual Revolution”: effective contraception, abortion on demand, radical feminism, and the victory of the LGBTQI