Why Heaven Could be like Star Trek
Kenneth Cramer
April 25, AD2025
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God Didn’t Make the Stars Just to Tease You Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. He has
Letting Go
Tom Thomas
February 4, AD2025
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As I sat in the Church, yesterday afternoon, and looked up towards the ornate roof, just before the Mass started, I thought about how many
You’re Not A Long Time Dead
Guy McClung
October 27, AD2024
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The Scottish proverb, “Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead,” has become a popular toast. The Bible includes several
Sign from God?
Carol Monaco
January 30, AD2024
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During Christmas Eve Mass, an unexpected visitor was in the church. A cardinal flew in earlier in the day and spent most of its time
Will There Be Sex In Heaven?
Guy McClung
January 12, AD2024
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Now that I have your attention: The above title is taken from an article earlier this year in the New Oxford Review; “Will There Be
Heaven, a Place of Infinite Possibilities
Deacon Frank
January 10, AD2024
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There is a subtle view, widely held by people of faith, that heaven will be experienced in the same way, by all those deemed worthy
Safely Home
Carol Monaco
November 30, AD2023
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On November 10th at 6:30 a.m. God called my Mother safely home. A woman of deep faith with a heart of gold, I have no
Experiencing Mass – in a Domestic Church in the Middle East
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer
September 27, AD2023
4 Comments
As regular readers of Catholic Stand may have noticed, although I live and work in Italy, I frequently spend time in the Middle East. The
Thank You, God, For Ice Cream And Cow Pies
Guy McClung
August 31, AD2023
3 Comments
Ice Cream: A sweet frozen dessert, typically made from flavored cream or milk which includes a sweetener, e.g. sugar, or a sugar substitute, and can
Saints Quotes on the Afterlife
Ray Sullivan
August 16, AD2023
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Everyone but atheists wants to know what the afterlife will be like. Athests seem to think that you just cease to exist when you die,
When You Stop Falling You Will Be in Heaven
David Torkington
June 20, AD2023
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Some weeks ago I went to a special Mass prepared by a group of lay people to ask for God’s mercy on them and their
Not A Flight of Fancy
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer
March 20, AD2023
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A short time ago, I travelled from Italy to Holland to give a couple of conferences regarding Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint John Paul II, and
When Fiction and Theology Intersect
Mark Belanger
January 22, AD2023
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The study group I am a part of began a tour through Dante’s “Divine Comedy” this week. This tour has led me to think about
The Mystical Body of Christ
Maurice Williams
December 12, AD2022
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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
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 Dark Harvest
Richard Auciello
September 25, AD2022
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As my son, Henry, and I were returning from a seminar on “The harvest is ripe, but the laborers few” (Mt.9:35-38 NAB), he asked me,
Human Nature Is Much More Than An Excuse
Maurice Williams
September 8, AD2022
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How many times have we heard human misconduct shrugged off with the excuse, “That’s human nature?” In my conversations with others, when I cite human
A Taste Of Heaven Is Not Always A Taste Of Honey
Guy McClung
August 20, AD2022
3 Comments
Belief in heaven, after this earthly life, is a belief in mystery. We say out loud, publicly, on a regular basis, not that “we know,”
Meaning and Value of the Kingdom of Heaven
Pamela Mandela
August 1, AD2022
1 Comment
This Gospel reading for Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time (Year II) consists of only two sentences (Matthew 13:44-46). However, in these verses,
The Church is One in the Integrity of Life
Bob Drury
July 8, AD2022
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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.
Advancing in the Spiritual Life
John Kubasak
June 10, AD2022
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Talking about the spiritual life runs the risk of staying on the platitude level. Who would argue, for instance, that we should love others and
Heaven is Where You Are
Deacon Greg Lambert
March 6, AD2022
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The above title could easily describe a romantic song or poem. The object of one’s affections brings a heavenly aura anywhere that person happens to
