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4 Rules for Discernment Every Catholic Should Know! – ChurchPop

The Devil Hates Lent – Here’s How to Beat Him – Laura Ricketts, epicPew

Three Short (& Hilarious) Catholic Jokes – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

Pope Strikes at Nazi Rule – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

For Vegas, The Pope’s Payout: Helena’s Thomas Hits The Strip – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Lent: A Time for Transformation – Wendy McMahon, Catholic Stand

Should You Receive Communion on the Tongue? - Fr. Dwight Longenecker+++

St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Secret Formula for Raising Millions - Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

When Will the Shooting Stop? – John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine

A Tale of Two Countries, a Choice Between Two Cultures – K.V. Turley, The Catholic World Report

Is Tardiness a Vice? – Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic Life™

The Theology of Water – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Magis Center

Ashes to Ashes: A Lenten Reflection – Paul Oakes, Catholic Stand

Who was Janus, the Roman god of Beginnings & Endings? – Caillan Davenport, Mercatornet

Cardinal Cupich’s Revolutionary Conscience – Fr. Gerald E. Murray J.C.D., The Catholic Thing

The Vile Case That Shows How Far Vatican Has to Go in Child Protection – Ed Condon J.C.D., Catholic Herald

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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