Catholic Stand – Page 95 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Picture Jesus Crucified

Diana Ragsdale January 23, AD2022 2 Comments

I think God gave each of us the gift of imagination so that we can visualize the angels, the saints, and the Holy Trinity we pray

St. Francis de Sales and My Favorite Male Saints

Joe Tevington January 23, AD2022 12 Comments

I have particularly fond attachments to several great male saints. “My boys” as I call them truly embody masculine virtues; they include the patron saints

creation, creator, creature, genesis, being

Science And Religion, Not Science Versus Religion

Genesius January 23, AD2022 5 Comments

In today’s world, smart phones are common tools. Most of us know loosely how they work, or at least we are not surprised by what

The Litany Of Trust

Mark Belanger January 22, AD2022 2 Comments

I have written before about trust as an element of faith (see Growing Our Faith Through Obedience And Trust). Trusting takes practice. At about the

We Need to Learn Forgiveness

Maurice Williams January 22, AD2022 4 Comments

The ancient Israelites were given a mantra by which they could steer themselves on a straight path to eternal bliss with God in heaven: “You

Jewish Roots of the Catholic Tree

Bob Kurland January 21, AD2022 6 Comments

And if some of the branches be broken off [i.e. the Jews], and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and

Tiny Thoughts in the New Year

Masha Goepel January 21, AD2022 2 Comments

January is almost my favorite month of the year. It doesn’t have October’s bright leaves or brisk weather – up here in Maine January is

Creatio ex Nihilo, invisible, Divine Providence

I’m Still Egocentric? But . . .

Melanie Jean Juneau January 20, AD2022 12 Comments

Most Christians behave, think, and speak as if they are standing right in the middle of the universe with everything and everybody swirling around them.

The Evangelizing Power of Beer

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer January 20, AD2022 11 Comments

A great deal has been said of late about the upcoming Synod on Synodality: there have been a lot of positive comments, a great deal

church, priest, ordination, mass, churches, thriving parish

The Two Essential Signs of a Thriving Parish

Peter Darcy January 19, AD2022 15 Comments

Half a century of sitting in Catholic parishes and getting assaulted by painful attempts at relevance qualifies me to reflect on what a thriving parish

A Turn of the Tide for English Catholics

Neil Jopson January 19, AD2022 4 Comments

In previous columns, I have written about the terrible times that destroyed the medieval Catholic Church in England, and I will write about them again.

causality, miracle, creation, God, morality, man

The Sacred Touch of Christ’s Love

David Torkington January 18, AD2022 2 Comments

Although Christ performed most of the religious practices that his parents taught him, there is no evidence that he offered sacrifices in the Temple. Why?

On Courage, Usefulness, St. Joseph, and Speaking Navajo

Al Costa January 18, AD2022 3 Comments

It is safe to say that Jesus’s first hours in this world were not in the arms of his mother, but in his father’s arms,

existence, light, end times, Warning, darkness

Who Gets Into Heaven?

Ray Sullivan January 17, AD2022 24 Comments

Who gets into heaven? Now that is a really good question. For sure, Jesus Himself said that we must enter heaven through the narrow gate,

Pray for Us: Off the Shelf 235 with Meg Hunter-Kilmer

Pete Socks January 17, AD2022 1 Comment

Off the Shelf 235 – Meg Hinter-Kilmer Oftentimes we look at the saints and think, ‘I could never be like them…I’m simply not that good’.

Is It Better To Be a Good Protestant Than a Bad Catholic?

Edward Benet January 16, AD2022 13 Comments

Sometimes the debate between Catholics and Protestants is based on the issue of righteousness or justification. What is needed for a person to be justified