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Christ Lives in Me

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Mar 31, 2024 | Living, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Easter Sunday follows Good Friday, hope follows doubt and despair, joy follows sadness, new life...

Christ Lives in Me

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 9, 2023 | Living, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I...

From Grave to Garden

by Joannie Watson | Jul 22, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Praying | 0 |

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. Several years ago, Pope Francis elevated...

New Life in Christ

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 17, 2022 | Knowing, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I...

New Life in Christ

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 4, 2021 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“The Resurrection of Christ” (detail) by Bloch “For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God, I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now...

Daily Catholic Quote — St. John Chrysostom

by ICL Editor | Apr 28, 2020 | Quote | 0 |

St. John Chrysostom A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “They ignored the danger of death...

Daily Catholic Quote — St. John Chrysostom

by ICL Editor | Jul 2, 2019 | Quote | 0 |

“Let no one grieve at his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn...

Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

by ICL Editor | Jun 20, 2015 | Quote | 0 |

In the same vein he says to the Thessalonians: you must not “grieve as others do who have no hope” (1 Th 4:13). Here too we see as a distinguishing mark of Christians the fact that they have a future: it is not that they know...

Practical Lessons from Death’s Defeat

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 5, 2015 | Put Out Into the Deep, Sundays | 0 |

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! What more fitting conclusion to a week of drama wrought by sin could there be than the triumph of Life over death! There is so much about Easter to help us live our lives in our day. Surely...

At Daybreak on that First Easter Sunday

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 24, 2011 | The Catholic Faith Explained | 0 |

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! What more fitting conclusion to a week of sinful drama and tragedy, pain and suffering could there be than the triumph of Life over death! There is so much about Easter to help us live our...

Covered in a White Garment

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jan 10, 2011 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

It began snowing in Atlanta on the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord. Right now, as I approach 1 a.m. watching the large trees surrounding my home bear up (hopefully) under the weight of snow and ice, I am at first...