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Nuns Adoring Jesus at the Sacred Heart Basilica in Paris
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133 Years of Perpetual Adoration - Aleteia+++

Live Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast

Humility is Hard – A Meditation on Some Aspects of Humility – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

What is Man? – Christian Daru, Catholic Stand

10 Ways to Open Up to the Holy Spirit – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange

St. Laurence O’Toole’s Heart Found in Dublin Park – Michael Kelly, Catholic Herald

The Story of the True Cross, by Piero Della Francesca – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Patience—A Beautiful Fruit – Sister Marie Estelle O.C.D., Integrated Catholic Life™

Brick by Brick in St. Louis, Lesson in Commonsense, Prayer, & Elbow Grease – Fr. Z's Blog

What You Need to Know about the Order of St. Augustine – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

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