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/
It is another reminder of the concreteness of the Resurrection…but it’s also a reminder of the practicality of love. Today’s Gospel story is one of my favorites (John 21:1-14). The Apostles...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/04/watson-come-have-breakfast/
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/03/daily-lenten-reflectionjustice-to-the-nations/
As we approach Easter, the Church switches our focus from our Lenten sacrifices to a much more important sacrifice. It was motivated by a love stronger than death, a choice for fruitfulness ove...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/03/dambrosio-a-love-stronger-than-death/
If “God so loved the world,” how can he possibly send people to hell? Is he a loving Father or a stern judge? Jesus helps us reconcile love & grace with hell & judgment in perhaps the most ...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/03/how-can-a-loving-god-send-people-to-hell/
Editor’s Note: Title from Sonett VII, John Milton “We are eternal beings; scripture tells us this. We are living in eternity now; we have all eternity ahead of us.” One of the consequences ...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2024/01/danis-time-the-subtle-thief/
When my wife and I came into the Catholic Church with our two sons, we were somewhat overwhelmed by the new life we had begun. We had not only entered into full communion with the Church Christ f...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2023/12/randy-hain-a-road-map-for-catholic-families/
But this is not what God wants for us. He created us for righteousness, not sin. God became man, not just to teach us with words what true love is, but to show us what it looks like and how it is...
When his enemies quiz him about what commandment is the greatest, Jesus reveals just how radical he really is. His answer goes to the very root of every single one of the 613 commandments found...
https://integratedcatholiclife.org/2023/10/dambrosio-the-radical-rabbi-and-the-greatest-commandment/
Jesus invites us to be his disciples. He has called you to follow him. So, what kind of person is a disciple? Who has Jesus called you to be? What are the essential qualities of a disciple that g...