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The Four Last Things—Death

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Sep 8, 2024 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

One of the recurring themes you will read on this site is that we are not made for Earth, but for...

How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2024 | Sundays | 0 |

If “God so loved the world,” how can he possibly send people to hell? Is he a loving Father or a...

Desire Not the Death of the Sinner

by Joannie Watson | Feb 23, 2024 | Between the Sundays, God's Word | 0 |

The daily readings during Lent often punch me in the gut a little. I have my prayer and...

Parables About the Kingdom

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 30, 2023 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Today’s gospel concludes the thirteenth chapter of Matthew and its seven parables about the growth...

We Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Talk about Hell

by Joannie Watson | Mar 5, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“Recognizing that hell is a reality leads me to a richer life, not anxious one. ”...

Parables About the Kingdom

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 26, 2020 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” on the Altar Wall in the Sistine Chapel...

Lord, will those who are saved be few?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Aug 25, 2019 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

I once heard a comment from a friend who was preparing a homily for today’s passage from...

Heaven and Hell—What Every Catholic Must Know About The Four Last Things

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Sep 23, 2018 | Put Out Into the Deep, The Catholic Faith Explained | 0 |

In the first two installments of this series on the Four Last Things, we examined what every...

Practical Ideas for Spiritual Growth

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 29, 2018 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

What Life’s All About When God created Adam and Eve, He gave them sanctifying grace, that is, they...

Daily Quote — from St. Polycarp

by ICL Editor | Feb 23, 2018 | Quote | 0 |

“You threaten me with fire which burns for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly. But why do you tarry? Bring forth...

Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Polycarp

by ICL Editor | Feb 23, 2017 | Quote | 0 |

“You threaten me with fire which burns for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but are ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly. But why do you tarry? Bring forth...

Lord, will those who are saved be few?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Aug 21, 2016 | Put Out Into the Deep, Sundays | 0 |

I once heard a comment from a friend who was preparing a homily for today’s passage from Luke’s Gospel (see Luke 13:22-30). He was finding it difficult to preach on the “fact” that there will be so few in heaven. He...