Catholic Stand – Page 86 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

A Holy Death

Dom Cingoranelli April 19, AD2022 12 Comments

“She died a holy death,” a priest who knew her well told me. Just the day before her death from an aneurism, she’d come up

Catholics and the Metaverse

Guest Contributor April 18, AD2022 6 Comments

By Kailash On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg released a Founder’s Letter explaining why Facebook the company changed its name to Meta in order to

The Wisdom of a Super-Saint, St. John Vianney

Ray Sullivan April 18, AD2022 4 Comments

If you care what people think of you, then you shouldn’t have become a Catholic. St. John Vianney was a Frenchman who lived during the

Only the Humble Have the Capacity to Receive Easter Joy

Melanie Jean Juneau April 17, AD2022 4 Comments

Only the humble can travel with Jesus through Good Friday and Holy Saturday to receive joy on Easter Sunday. As Jesus reminds us in the

Easter: The Living Temple

David Torkington April 17, AD2022 1 Comment

One of the most surprising truths that I learnt when I first started to study scripture was that there is no record of Christ going

Creatio ex Nihilo, invisible, Divine Providence

The Easter Vigil Story:
First Reading, The Creation

Bob Kurland April 16, AD2022 2 Comments

INTRODUCTION Before the Covid lockdowns, I had the privilege of being a lector for the Easter Vigil Mass at our local nursing home. The nun

Watch ‘Theirs Is The Kingdom’ on Easter

Patty Knap April 16, AD2022 1 Comment

On Easter Sunday, most PBS stations, as well as WORLD channels, will debut the inspirational documentary, Theirs is the Kingdom, a quiet, beautiful story of

Simon of Cyrene

Bob Blundell April 15, AD2022 1 Comment

It was a warm April day. One that would be remembered like none other before. Dawn peaked over the horizon giving birth to a blood-red

Contemplating God’s Love In The Way Of The Cross – Part III

Pamela Mandela April 15, AD2022 1 Comment

This third part presents the final stages of the road to Calvary. We meet Jesus at the top of the hill. Station 9: Jesus Falls

Walking the Stations

Mary Ennis Meo April 14, AD2022 No Comments

As the season of Lent nears its end, I look back to evaluate my Lenten journey. Did I make real sacrifices? Did my prayer life

Contemplating God’s Love In The Way Of The Cross – Part II

Pamela Mandela April 14, AD2022 3 Comments

After the meeting with Mary, the next few stations show us God’s interactive love with a number of His beings – Simon, Veronica, and the

Neither Do I Condemn You: Christians and War

Sydney Sadowski April 13, AD2022 5 Comments

When I asked my daughter what I should write about this month she said: “The reading from Sunday’s Mass.” This is the story of the

Contemplating God’s Love In The Way Of The Cross – Part 1

Pamela Mandela April 12, AD2022 3 Comments

The Season of Lent 2022 now draws to an end. Mother Church has presented us with opportunities to communally participate in the devotion of the

Christ is Our Hands-On, Tool-Wielding Savior

Jerome German April 12, AD2022 6 Comments

I have lost count of the number of homilies in which I have been told that (a) Jesus was among the poorest of the poor

Violence in the Mirror of My Sins

Richard Auciello April 11, AD2022 5 Comments

I grew up in a world of violence, violence at home, violence at school, violence in the neighborhood, and before receiving the sacrament of Baptism

Take Time for Reflection This Holy Week

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. April 11, AD2022 2 Comments

After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and