February 2016 - Catholic Stand

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Exorcism Prayer Brings Results

Jamey Brown February 29, AD2016 34 Comments

I was having a bit of a conflict with a cashier at work. We always banter back at forth, joking, sometimes kidding each other, but

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Hymns or Heresy?

Birgit Jones February 28, AD2016 18 Comments

This will be short and sweet. Yours truly is weary of church songs, masquerading as hymns, portraying something other than Church teaching. It’s bad enough

You Lied to Us, Gloria Steinem

Cynthia Millen February 27, AD2016 32 Comments

Growing up in the 1950’s through 1970’s in Toledo, Ohio, my peers and I boasted of Danny Thomas, our world renowned Art Museum and Zoo,

Mercy Uber Alles? St. Irenaeus Says “Heresy”

Guy McClung February 27, AD2016 10 Comments

In recent months there has been much discussion of “mercy,” particularly “God’s mercy.” Typical topics in these discussions include: Does God have “attributes” like our

The World vs. The Bible

Ray Sullivan February 26, AD2016 1 Comment

For any human on planet Earth to have a chance to get to Heaven, choices have to be made. These choices include deciding on whether

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Music Has Long Spoken To Me

Dan Byron February 26, AD2016 1 Comment

Music has Charms to sooth a savage Breast The above phrase was coined by William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, 1697, and has long been

I Remember, I Remember!

David Torkington February 25, AD2016 3 Comments

‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)

Ashes as a Witness To and Of the Faith

Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC February 24, AD2016 No Comments

Ashes on Ash Wednesday You never know who might be touched by your quiet witness of ashes on Ash Wednesday. Last year, I really wasn’t

What to Do When Pope Francis Trumpets Immigration and Aliens

Anabelle Hazard February 23, AD2016 18 Comments

With the cacophony of opinions clashing on the Donald Trump-Pope Francis cyber conversation, another voice is hardly necessary. But since I haven’t read too many

Lent in the Shadow of Death

Denise J. Hunnell, MD February 23, AD2016 1 Comment

“Remember, man, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” The priest uttered these words on Ash Wednesday as he traced the black cross

What Good Is It To Gain The Whole World If You Lose Your Soul? – Saying Yes to God’s Will

Steffani Jacobs February 22, AD2016 1 Comment

“How is a man the better for it, if he gains the whole world at the expense of losing his own soul? For a man’s

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No, the Pope Is Not “Bossing Around” the U.S. on Border Wall

Scott Eric Alt February 21, AD2016 66 Comments

Political agitator Ann Coulter took to Twitter a few days ago to share these sterling thoughts. The typography is hers. Jeb!, an AMERICAN Catholic, defends

Illusion or Reality? Pride or Humility?

Melanie Jean Juneau February 20, AD2016 6 Comments

During Lent, God presents us with a fundamental choice. Will we choose to continue to live in our human illusions or will we allow God

The Zika Virus and the Demographic Winter

Todd Nolan February 20, AD2016 1 Comment

Stories concerning the Zika virus have been all over the news, lately, and for good reason. I am all in favor of informing the public

The Most Holy Rosary: Our Simple Breviary (Part 2)

Cynthia Millen February 19, AD2016 No Comments

Author’s Note: This article is the second in a five-part series examining the beauty and medication of the Most Holy Rosary. This series is dedicated

The Ways of God Are Not Those of Man

Bob Drury February 19, AD2016 1 Comment

In The Surprise by G.K. Chesterton, the author of a play sees his characters act justly and with love at his creative command, yet he

Every Stitch a Prayer

Rachel Motte February 19, AD2016 1 Comment

Every Stitch a Prayer I dreamt I saw a dark-haired woman clad in blue. She sat at a simple table in a light-filled room, working

The Via Crucis: Walking the Passion with Jesus, Part One

Paul Senz February 18, AD2016 2 Comments

We cannot possibly truly imagine what Jesus Christ went through during His Passion and Death. Suffering the horrible, excruciating, ignominious scourging and crucifixion, carrying the