praying for the dead – Catholic Stand

Masha Goepel October 22, AD2025 1 Comment

When I was young, my mom would spend October choosing or sewing costumes for my siblings and I. We had a box in the attic

Masha Goepel October 21, AD2024 No Comments

When I was a young teen, my sister gave me two books that changed my life. Both of them were published journals – one Diaries

Masha Goepel November 21, AD2023 1 Comment

It gets dark so early now. Here in New England, the sun is setting well before dinnertime. I wake in the morning to a dark,

Dom Cingoranelli June 4, AD2022 22 Comments

“At his request, no formal services will take place.” If you read the obituaries from time to time, you may notice a statement to this

Masha Goepel November 21, AD2021 3 Comments

We who are on uncovered ground, Voices sounding in the desert, We the desert, we deserted, We who are sure of our suffering.[i] This Sunday,

Masha Goepel November 21, AD2020 1 Comment

Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine around them; may the souls of the faithful departed, through the Mercy of

Dom Cingoranelli October 31, AD2017 29 Comments

Have you been to a Catholic funeral lately? If so, was it a canonization, or was it the Mass of Christian Burial for the faithful

Nicholas LaBanca October 28, AD2017 3 Comments

I really miss my Busia. This is what those of Polish descent call their grandmother. She was a great teacher who had a wealth of

Melanie Jean Juneau March 25, AD2017 2 Comments

Just like gravity affects us whether we understand it or not, the Communion of Saints, the fellowship between the living and the dead, affects us

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