Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/04/deacon-bickerstaff-abide-in-christ-the-true-vine/
“Our Lord has turned the whole world into the road to Emmaus. At every moment of every day, Holy Mass is celebrated in a Catholic Church somewhere in this world. And we who participate in t...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/04/deacon-bickerstaff-be-a-witness-for-jesus-christ/
Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.” St. Ignatius Loyola ...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/02/hain-discover-strength-through-surrender-2/
“But, in my view, there is no greater story of conversion than that of St. Paul (Saul) on the road to Damascus, whose conversion we celebrated in the liturgy with a Feast Day this past week (...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/deacon-bickerstaff-encouraging-conversion-stories/
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that Saturday morni...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/hain-cast-off-the-weight-of-sin-2/
God has come in search of you. He wants all things good for you. He invites you with the words, “Come, follow me.” Will you again say yes to the Lord? I love bible stories. I am particularly ...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/deacon-bickerstaff-the-call-to-discipleship/
We are only two weeks into the new year. Yet, as I grow older, Christmas seems to come and go more quickly each year. And this year, Lent comes very soon after. That’s what happens in this eart...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/deacon-bickerstaff-celebrating-jesus-through-the-year/
As I’ve written here many times before, I’ve always been intrigued by the Magi. Their story forms the majority of Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus Christ, and yet there remain so man...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/watson-the-courage-of-the-magi-2/
When I give talks around the country or sometimes in correspondence with readers of my books or blog posts on Integrated Catholic Life, I am often asked what I mean when I encourage others to “...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2023/10/hain-how-well-do-we-carry-the-catholic-brand-2/
Do we ever stop to consider how many times a day our thinking and actions about our Catholic faith are influenced by a misguided concern for what others think of us? During the day, how many time...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2023/09/hain-five-ways-to-show-catholic-courage-at-work-2/