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Ask Father: When Could Priests Wear Casual Attire? – Fr. Z’s Blog +1

More Than 200 College-Aged Men Consecrate Themselves To St. Joseph – Andrew Butler at Aleteia +1

50 Reasons To Be Catholic – Genevieve Perkins at Catholic Link

Religious Sister Shares The Joys & Challenges Of Living In Community – Sister Lucia Christi at Our Sunday Visitor

Addendum – Another Suggestion for Our Mystery Statue – David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Synods Synonymous With Scandal – Philippa Martyr at The Catholic Weekly

Dealing with Autistic Sensory Issues at Mass – Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

The Churching of Women – Fr. B. Jerabek, J.C.L., at Dilexi decorem domus Domini

How to Keep From Losing Your Mind – Off the Shelf with Deal W. Hudson – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Are Guardian Angels Real? – Fr. Michael Kerper at Catholic Exchange

Why Do We Call It Mass? – Joannie Watson at Integrated Catholic Life™

Why Don’t More of Our Leaders Call Us to Holiness? – Constance T. Hull at Catholic Exchange

On The History & Use Of Incense – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Millennials Are Moving To The Suburbs, Parishes Are You Ready? – L’Alto Catholic Institute

Has Literature Regained Its Faith? – Angela Alaimo O’Donnell at Church Life Journal

The Catholic Church Is Not an NGO – Auguste Meyrat at Crisis Magazine

Pro-Life Concern Over Artificial Embryos – Christopher Reilly at Catholic Stand

What The Pan-Amazon Synod Should Learn From The Church’s Missionary Past – Ines Angeli Murzaku at The Catholic World Report

Reconstructing Bach’s Organ Concertos – Matthew Dirst, Ph.D., at Vox Humana

Pampering or Truth? What Makes for a Worthy Life – R.J. Snell at Public Discourse

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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

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