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Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify

What Is A Grotto & Why Are So Many Catholic Shrines Built In Them? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Ideal Societies & The Catholic Vision – James Kalb, J.D., at The Catholic World Report

Sacred Music in Nigeria & New York City – Jennifer Donelson at New Liturgical Movement

Knowing Jesus: Intro To Prayer – Video – Daniel Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Trusting in God Like Saint Isidore the Farmer – Sarah Metts at Catholic Exchange

The Incarnation Doesn’t End with the Resurrection – James P. Ware at Church Life Journal

Science Studies the Pattern of the Past, Beauty is the Pattern of the Future; Science Needs Help! – David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

St. Brychan: King & Saint of Wales – Richard Becker at Catholic Exchange

Why Flourishing Requires Healthy Interdependence – Anne Bradley at The Stream

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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