Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil. One can even
Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.
We are all familiar with the Last Supper narratives in which Jesus identifies Judas as his betrayer. However, something interesting occurs in John 13 when
Background More than a half-century ago, St Pope Paul VI warned that “the smoke of Satan has entered the Church of God” (6/29/1972). He went
Many of us celebrated the Eucharistic Revival this past July. It was clearly a statement for Jesus Christ, our faith, and our Church. The Revival
St. Bernadette & the Sign of the Cross Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, appeared several times to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France in
Part I and Part II of our series established a fundamental rule for interpreting the narratives of Genesis 1-3. God speaks to us in allegorical
There’s a new Batman movie coming out in March of 2022. In fact, there’s almost a yearly new Batman or Joker movie. Batman (if he
Here we are with Advent well under way. It’s better than even odds that you’re facing some obstacles to having the holy, reverent, peaceful, contemplative
When we study biblical passages about judgment, it is clear that people are stuck in a vicious loop, under constant condemnation from an accuser: Moreover,
A few years ago, I read through the parables of the Kingdom of God in Matthew 13. Jesus described the Kingdom with several familiar images—the
Since the fall of man, we deal daily with the conflict between virtue and vice. Virtues are those characteristics or behaviors that move the soul
How did the precepts of ethics and morality, based on the Ten Commandments and the “Golden Rule”, become a pariah to so many? How did
By Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony In the first part of our article, we looked at how a name helps us to recognize who is knocking at
Satan’s work is rarely obvious. We like to think that we will spot his devilish efforts, much like the cartoons where the angel whispers in
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
When a country is at war, citizens stand behind their troops fighting the enemy. Communities organize to collect food, clothes and other essentials to make
I object to the profanation of sacred images and sacramentals in cinema. I have been writing about and meditating on the power of the Holy
Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, the Father of Lies – many of us, we grew up hearing one or more of these names. But how
August 5, 2015 was just another ordinary day or so I thought. Traffic was light and I got home early. As I crossed the street
Most of the readers of Catholic Stand are probably aware of the wicked deception going on today in the world. St. Paul warned us about
Christ is known as the Prince of Peace; as God the Son, through Whom “all things were made” (Nicene Creed), it is He alone who
