At the close of the Gospel of John, we encounter one of the most intimate and revealing conversations between Jesus and one of His closest
Everyone experiences feelings of overwhelmingness, depression, and hopelessness when personal problems, physical challenges, and troubling thoughts become too much. During these times, what is the
There is much depravity, immoral technology, and evil-intent modernism seductively waved in the face of today’s adolescents. Parents need to exercise caution. Catholic parents are
What people perceive as truth draws them in every age. We may admire beauty, crave goodness, or pursue power, but truth has a peculiar magnetism
As Catholics we receive a direct call to our mission from Christ Himself. And it is a call we should not ignore. In His Sermon
One of the subtle but powerful threads running through the New Testament is the recurring theme of haste. When God reveals himself, when Christ is encountered,
Many people habitually emit curse words in everyday conversations. But treating crude language as no big deal is a sign that society has degraded. Today,
My first article with Catholic Stand, “What Are You Looking For?,” was published on August 9, 2017. A lot has changed in my life since
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.
When theologians talk about a sensus plenior they are referring to a fuller sense of Scripture, which is a sense which goes beyond the literal
In 2021, I posted an essay titled “A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith.” To my surprise, some folks have commented to me about it
If you’re familiar with contemporary musical theater, you may already have guessed which Old Testament story the title above references. If you haven’t guessed, here’s
The Historical-Critical Method is an approach to Biblical interpretation which some view as an expression of the Modernist heresy. They say: There is no question
Msgr. Charles Pope writes, “Of all the theological errors commonly held today, the most popular is surely the denial of the doctrine of hell.” This
As I write this, the previous week’s Sunday Gospel was Luke 9:28-36. To refresh your memory, it is the story of the transfiguration. Peter, John,
I received a question recently about Romans 3:23, which states, “… all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (King James Version).
I first heard the phrase “slower than Christmas” when we moved back to Texas. I was 9- years-old at the time. We had lived in
A Bible verse is appropriate for our times right now. Psalm 146:3 says, “Put no trust in princes, in children of Adam powerless to save.”
A person with empathy has a deep emotional bond with others. This bond results in the ability to often feel others’ joys and sorrows with
The saying goes: If the devil cannot make you bad, he will make you busy. Oh, how true that is! So busy, so distracted, there
Non-Catholics, and even some Catholics, often have erroneous ideas about the Communion of Saints. Some believe that Catholics worship saints while others believe that the
