Christmas in the Trees
Masha Goepel
December 21, AD2020
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The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown.
The Ongoing Incarnation: A Christmas Meditation
Deacon Greg Lambert
December 21, AD2020
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Beyond the festivities of the Christmas season and all the attendant trimmings, lies the incarnate Christ in the form of an infant. Manger scenes around
A Commercial or a Catholic Christmas?
Genesius
December 19, AD2020
5 Comments
Last year I said “Merry Christmas!” to a cashier at a store on December 26. “Christmas is over!” was the cashier’s jaundiced reply. “I don’t
A Man, His Wife and Their Newborn Baby Are the Essence of Humility
Larry Peterson
December 17, AD2020
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Imagine you are living in Nazareth 2,000 years ago. You awaken one morning and notice a man packing items on a donkey in preparation for
December 25, Jesus, and the Lambs
Janet Meyer
December 12, AD2020
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If you are like me, you have grown up with the notion that we celebrate the birth of Jesus on what once was a Pagan
Is Saying Merry Christmas An Act Of Defiance To The Secular Left?
Dennis Dillon
December 10, AD2020
22 Comments
Innocently wish someone a Merry Christmas, and you might get any one of several angry retorts, such as “I’m not Christian, and that offends me,”
This Advent Prepare a Way for Him in Your Heart
Charlette Mills
November 29, AD2020
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Once again, Advent has rushed to meet me much too soon. For months now we’ve all been saying you just can’t plan ahead for anything
Reflecting on the Christmas Season: Discipleship
Dr. Pamela Mandela
January 7, AD2020
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Advent came (and went), bringing with it the opportunity to prepare oneself to a renewed relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. The Christmas season is
God Was Emmanuel to Outcast Christian Parents: A Christmas Story
Loreto Xavier
December 27, AD2019
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For us, the birth of our son is a Christmas story about God coming to be with us in a special way and teaching us
The Birth of Christ: The Invasion of Time by Eternity
Melanie Jean Juneau
December 25, AD2019
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Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
Reflecting on Advent, Christmas, and Midnight Mass
Gene M. Van Son
December 14, AD2019
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My wife always frets during this time of year. The fretting begins about three weeks before Thanksgiving and doesn’t end until some time after Christmas.
The Coming of Christmas: Longing, Lessons, and Letting Go
Mark C. McCann
December 13, AD2019
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Each year, as the Christmas season approaches, I find myself caught up in sweet surrender to the mystery of the incarnation. I am overwhelmed with
The Sign of the Times: Preparing for the Lord
Deacon Greg Lambert
December 7, AD2019
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The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is
Complaining To God? Ask What, Not Why
Edward Monti
December 4, AD2019
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So many people are turned off to God and organized, traditional religion because they are angry with God. The excuses for not praying or attending
From Christmas to Candlemas: The 40 Days of Christmas
Cynthia Millen
February 8, AD2019
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[Editor’s note: Although this article is late, Catholic Stand is publishing it because it has useful information. Please bookmark it and refer back to it
Former Catholics at the Dinner Table
Dom Cingoranelli
January 13, AD2019
5 Comments
The family celebrations are over. The guests are gone, and we are getting back to the daily routines of life. Among Catholics celebrating Christmas or Easter
Christmas Reflections
on our Church Culture
and the Benedict Option
Tom Collingwood
January 10, AD2019
2 Comments
Christmas Eve Nostalgia At this year’s Christmas Eve children’s Mass eight traditional Christian carols were sung. I found myself singing even though I can’t carry
Member of the Family
Carol Monaco
December 30, AD2018
1 Comment
When the Son of God was born, He entered the human world and became the loving, obedient Son of Mary and Joseph. Let us ponder
The Shepherds, the Wise Men, and Herod
Marty Dybicz
December 28, AD2018
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Christmas is why “there really is a difference between being brought up as a Christian and being brought up as a Jew or a Moslem
Radiating the Joy of Christmas Year-Round
Laura DeMaria
December 26, AD2018
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It is easy to be cheerful at Christmas. Even as Advent brought us ever closer to Christmas Day, we found ourselves giving money to the
The Theology of Christmas
Father John Catoir
December 25, AD2018
1 Comment
On the Feast of the Incarnation, we celebrate Almighty God’s decision to become a man by assuming the body of a human being. The Heavenly
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and the Postmodern Puritans
Anthony S. Layne
December 19, AD2018
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Do the lyrics of the seasonal ditty “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” illustrate a date rape in progress? That’s the objection which led to Cleveland radio
The Invasion of Time by Eternity: The Birth of Christ
Melanie Jean Juneau
December 18, AD2018
5 Comments
Christmas is not an event within history but is rather the invasion of time by eternity. (Hans Urs Von Balthasar) Eternity Is Not Linear From
Advent and Christmas: a Reason for the Season
Tom Collingwood
December 17, AD2018
2 Comments
Advent and Christmas offer a needed break from the noise of the current clerical abuse crisis, Church divisions, and secular obsessions with politics. It’s a
