sorrow Archives

How Can I Find Joy When I’m Filled with Sorrow?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Apr 13, 2025 | Living, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

“Be assured of God’s love for you. Seek by his grace to heal the damage of sin. Seek...

Monica, Augustine, and the Power of Prayer

by Joannie Watson | Aug 27, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Praying | 0 |

“If our loved one is indeed in purgatory, they would much rather have our prayers than our praise.” Image: Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica The end of August brings us back-to-back feast days of two great...

From Suffering to Joy

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 19, 2020 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Mission Dolores Altar (San Francisco) Photograph © by Andy Coan Many years ago, I taught a fourth grade CCD class for my parish religious education department. It was the first evening of classes and I was starting the process...

Daily Quote — from J. R. R. Tolkien

by ICL Editor | Feb 3, 2018 | Quote | 0 |

“Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in...

What is the Answer to Suffering, Pain and Loss?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 23, 2017 | Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Many years ago, I taught a fourth grade CCD class for my parish religious education department. It...

What is the Answer to Suffering, Pain and Loss?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 20, 2014 | God's Word, Put Out Into the Deep | 0 |

Many years ago, I taught 4th Grade CCD for my parish religious education department. It was the first evening of classes and I was starting the process of getting everyone introduced to one another when one boy blurted out, “I...

Encountering the Word – John 16:22

by ICL Editor | Jul 30, 2013 | Verse | 0 |

So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one...

Daily Quote from St. Isidore of Seville

by ICL Editor | May 14, 2011 | Quote | 0 |

“The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more sorrow in the present, the greater will our joy be in the future.” (St. Isidore of Seville – Patron Saint of the...

Daily Quote from Leon Bloy

by ICL Editor | Jan 18, 2011 | Quote | 0 |

There is only one sorrow, the sorrow of not being a Saint. – Leon Bloy Print this...

To Seek and to Save

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Oct 31, 2010 | God's Word | 0 |

Many years ago, I taught 4th Grade CCD for my parish religious education department. It was the first evening of classes and I was starting the process of getting everyone introduced to one another when one boy blurted out, “I...