This Easter, more than any other Easter, I find myself pondering this very question. Do I believe Jesus is risen from the dead? Do I believe in the Resurrection of Our Lord? Do I really believe? Yes, I believe. Yes, I know it to be true. Yes. AND… The “AND” is what has stayed with […] The post Do You Believe in Jesus’ Resurrection? appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Sarah Law. Catherine of Siena I visited you once in your Basilica, – stonework striations of squid ink and sunlight – your small head, mummified and silent testified to the great swathes of time which have surged and withdrawn since you drew breath; sighed your […] The post Catherine of Siena appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.”  –G.K. Chesterton – The Speaker, Dec. 15, 1900 Image (insert) credit: “G.K. Chesterton at Work” | Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Please help spread the Gospel. Share this article with family and friends […] The post Daily Quote — G.K. Chesterton appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. – Luke 5:11 Please help spread the Gospel. Share this verse with family and friends on Facebook and other social media. We strive to operate on a very small budget, but we […] The post Your Daily Bible Verses — Luke 5:11 appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

If we do not take the time to step back from the storms in our life and listen, we will only obscure our ability to hear God’s gentle voice speaking to our hearts. The day will come when, after mastering the ether (the upper regions beyond the clouds), the winds, the tides and even gravity, […] The post The Meaning of Life appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…” (Psalm 23:1). It is Jesus himself who walks by and invites us to come and see… he says to us, “Come… follow me.” He speaks to us in prayer. We encounter Him in scripture and sacrament. He teaches us through His Church. It is really that […] The post Follow The Good Shepherd appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ’s flock. Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and to the humble, to […] The post Daily Quote — Saint Boniface appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, […] The post Your Daily Bible Verses — Romans 8:37-39 appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

The image of Jesus as the Good shepherd is a comforting one in the minds of many.  But some of those who first heard Jesus describe himself in this way were deeply disturbed.  For it seems that Jesus is setting himself up as the only true Shepherd and savior.  People still find this claim disturbing.  […] The post The Only Good Shepherd? appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more

To skip over the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel is to leave big holes in our understanding of Jesus–and what he came to do. All this week, the daily Gospels at Mass have been from John’s Bread of Life discourse, found in chapter 6 of his Gospel. After Jesus mulitiplied the loaves and the fish […] The post John 6? Too Important to Skip. appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life ..read more