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10 Apps That Can Improve Your Prayer Life – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

5 Myths About Confession that Too Many People Still Believe (Maybe Even You!) – ChurchPop

Despair in Secular America – Dom Cingoranelli, Catholic Stand

Time Magazine, Marriage Is a Sacrament; Not a Science – Vicki Burbach, Pelican’s Breast

Reflections of a Convert After The First Year – Lorelei Savaryn, Catholic Stand

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Bishop Conley Reflects on Liturgiam Authenticam – New Liturgical Movement

The Righteous, Chaste and Hidden Heart of St. Joseph – Brother John Joseph, Ignitum Today

Is the Catholic Church in De Facto Schism? – E. Christian Brugger, Crisis Magazine

Philly Archbishop Praised for Revamping City’s Catholic Schools – Catholic News Agency

Quæritur: Deacon Told by Priest to Let a Layman Take His Role – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Of Doves and Serpents, and Pro-Choice Magic – David Mills, the Human Life Review

Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre – Mitchell Kalpakgian Ph.D., The Civilized Reader via Crisis Magazine

The Not-So-Bright Branch of the American Secularists Speaks – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts

Pro-Life Pro-Family Turn Rocks Euros at UN Commission on Women – Stefano Gennarini J.D., Catholic Lane

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Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis