Life – Catholic Stand

Priceless But Costly

Mark Belanger June 27, AD2025 3 Comments

There is a difference between price and cost. A priceless thing may be very costly even with no money involved – perhaps especially when no

The Goal of a Long Life: Identifying God’s Call

Dennis Dillon October 5, AD2024 3 Comments

If we ask ourselves, “Why has God allowed me to live as long as I have lived?” we may start to think about the complex

In Light of Eternity

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer August 27, AD2023 8 Comments

“Ugh! That road isn’t very safe at all! You know what they used to call it? The road of death!” This is how a parishioner

Marriage: Loss, Grief, and Recovery

Dennis Dillon August 4, AD2023 2 Comments

I have spent most of my life as a professional charter fishing boat captain, so I often think of life in terms of the ocean.

Not A Flight of Fancy

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer March 20, AD2023 5 Comments

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

The Arrow of Time

Maurice Williams January 14, AD2023 8 Comments

Back in 1927 English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington coined the term “Arrow of Time.” Apparently it was a big deal. As

The Christmas Answer to the Midterm ‘Abortion’ Elections

Tom Collingwood December 5, AD2022 4 Comments

The recent midterm elections served notice that the pro-life movement has a long way to go. The 2022 elections focus seems to have been mainly

Jesus, Good Shepherd, salvation, evangelizing

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Charlette Mills June 27, AD2021 2 Comments

I can’t really say I think of myself as an immortal. Do you? When you choose something – an action or a charity or a

joy, dance, abandon, retreat, attitudes, life

Our Leaders Take Oaths on the Bible to Defend Life

Larry Peterson June 12, AD2021 2 Comments

Certain things are joined together in perpetuity. This is demonstrated when a president, or any public official, lays a hand upon a Bible and swears

kilmer, resolutions, Talents, reflecting

Write Your Life Story God’s Way

Diana Ragsdale January 25, AD2021 8 Comments

As a writer and an aspiring novelist, studying the essential parts of a novel that make it a good novel has always sparked my interest.

Ecclesiastes and Turning Politics Over to God

Laura DeMaria July 10, AD2020 5 Comments

A friend recently told me that the Old Testament book that brought her back to the Catholic faith was Ecclesiastes. “What is it about?” I

Does Jesus Call Us To Give Away All Our Possessions?

JP Nunez July 9, AD2020 5 Comments

It would seem that Jesus calls us to give away all our possessions. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has

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Is the Pandemic Narrative Being Controlled by Secular Progressives?

Gene M. Van Son June 3, AD2020 18 Comments

Your life, my life, every life, is precious. Every life lost during the pandemic is a tragedy. We’ve been hearing this from media talking heads

What’s Wrong With the Singleness Obsession?

Cecily Lowe March 25, AD2020 11 Comments

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of ads implying that singleness, or at least childlessness, is a great thing. The implications range from a women’s subscription

Motherhood, Fatherhood, and Calling No Man Father

Susan Skinner June 26, AD2019 10 Comments

As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father;

prayer, discernment, holiness, praying, intercessory prayer, thanksgiving

Love of God Includes Trust and Holy Fear

Edward Monti May 26, AD2019 4 Comments

The Church’s teaching that we must have both trust in God and “fear of the Lord” seems contradictory at first glance. Recently, reflections from an

The Untapped Power of Faith in Action

Edward Monti April 8, AD2019 1 Comment

How often have you heard that phrase “God helps those who help themselves”? I’ve heard it many times and I’ve used it many times. Technically,

Abortion, Divorce, the Womb and the Divine Mercy of God

Susan Skinner October 28, AD2018 1 Comment

The mystery of God’s maternal love is expressed with particular power in the Hebrew word, rahamim. Etymologically, this word means “womb” but was later used to mean

The Universal Appeal of Jane Austen

Guy McClung May 16, AD2018 2 Comments

Celebrated Worldwide, Beloved By Millions: Jane Is Everywhere The Jane Austen Circle of Singapore regularly hosts Regency balls and teas at the Old Parliament Arts