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Here’s Why You Should Stop and Think before Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain – Alex R. Hey, epicPew

Quæritur: How to become a Papal Knight of the Supreme Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Are Koreans the World’s Most Dynamic Catholics? - Kirsteen Kim, Catholic Herald

Anthony Visco, Catholic Artist and Pontifex University Teacher on His Vocation – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

What Translating Benedict’s Words Taught Me – Jacob Phillips, Catholic Herald

Finding Freedom in Reading Aloud with Children – Maura Roan McKeegan, The Civilized Reader via Crisis Magazine

How Many Kinds of Prayer Are There? – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand

Patience and Perfection – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman

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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