Integrated Catholic Life

"Jesus is waiting for you right here, right now. He is all holy and He desires you to be in communion with Him. For that, you do not in this life need to be perfect; you need to be forgiven, to be healed and to be contrite and desire holiness. Give your life to Jesus today. Make that commitment." Check out the featured post for Divine Mercy Sunday by Deacon Mike Bickerstaff.

Do we have the faith that He can surprise us? Joan Watson writes on our "God of surprises" in today's featured post.

"The challenges of dealing with Covid-19, the obstacles for Catholics to attend Mass and receive communion, the uncertain economic outlook, the divisiveness in society and the eroding of values and morality in public life are just a few of the challenges causing many of us to feel discouragement, anxiety and even a lack of faith. The valuable lessons of Emmaus Road are manifold, but four were very apparent to me as I reflected and prayed..." Check out today's featured post by author Randy Hain.

This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by George Herbert.

Please read the excellent post by Deacon Mike Bickerstaff featured on this Easter Sunday. From the post: "...as we celebrate the glorious Resurrection of the Lord this glorious Easter Day, let us resolve to humbly surrender ourselves to the Lord, join our lives to His, dying as crucified with Him, and rising to new life with Him. Let this Easter be a turning point in our lives, freely and joyfully giving everything to Him." Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! To Him be all praise, honor and glory!