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How to Participate in the Eucharistic Prayer – Charlie McKinney, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Prayer that Saves the Sick & Sinful – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine

The Beggar on the Bus – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

How Bad the Vocations Crisis Really Is, From a Priest – Fr. Bill Peckman, ChurchPop

 The University of Notre Dame Swallows the Pill – Gerard V. Bradley J.D.,

Lent with a Medieval Wheel – Ben Butera, The American Catholic

Don’t Be Too Proud To Ask For Help When You Have Problems – Michael Cretaro, Catholic Stand

How to Correctly Run a Lent Appeal – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Seamless Garment Catholics, Where Art Thou? – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts

Lessons in Liturgical Arrangement Found in the Pantheon – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

Don’t Look to China for an Example of Catholic Social Teaching – Philip Booth, Catholic Herald

Quæritur: Why can Lay People Read at Mass? – Fr. Tim Ferguson, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Factors That Caused the Death of a Christian Commonwealth – Marcin Chmielowski, Acton Institute

Devotion: Lifting the Veil Onto My Head – Birgit J., Designs by Birgit

Lady Bird: A Love Letter to Catholic Schools – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream

Why Sex Belongs in Marriage – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand

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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