Deacon Mark Danis, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

It’s Just the Trade Getting Into Him

Posted by Deacon Mark Danis | May 13, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight |

There is an old story out of France, from around the early 1900s. It seems a young man had begun...

As Time Goes By

Posted by Deacon Mark Danis | May 6, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight |

I have a dear friend who was just placed in Hospice Care. I will call her Bernice, in order to...

Christ’s Last Will and Testament

Posted by Deacon Mark Danis | Apr 16, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight |

It is very important to listen to what a person says in the final months, days and hours of one’s life. It can tell us a great deal about that person. But if we cannot actually hear what a person says, if we are not in his or...

This World Seems Upside Down

Posted by Deacon Mark Danis | Apr 2, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight |

Imagine if you will, that you took a copy of the morning newspaper, turned it upside down and then tried to read and make sense of it. This example actually comes from the French philosopher Simone Weil when she attempted to...

The Stone Walls Surrounding our Heart Must Come Down

Posted by Deacon Mark Danis | Mar 26, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight |

“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.” (Hebrews 11:30) This verse from the Letter to the Hebrews refers to the well-known Old Testament story of the fall of the walls of Jericho....