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Was the Early Church ‘Catholic’ or Just ‘Christian’?  Jim Blackburn at Catholic Answers Magazine +1

Five Steps to Begin Overcoming Bitterness Gregory Popcak, Ph.D., at Catholic Exchange +1

Did St. Joseph Build This Miraculous Chapel Staircase? Here’s the Mysterious Legend  ChurchPOP

How Carmelite Spirituality Informs the Design of a Monastery Today  David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Liturgical Diversity & the Unity of the Church  The Editors at Adoremus

On the Making of Images: A Conversation with Matthew Conner  Dappled Things

Fénelon on Perseverance in Prayer  Rick Yoder at The Amish Catholic

“How Shall This Be?”: A Call to Humility for a New Pentecost  Douglas G. Bushman at Homiletic & Pastoral Review

A Religious Upbringing Greatly Helps Adolescents  Arthur Goldberg at Mercatornet

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride  Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

Temperance is More than Self-Denial & Moderation  Jason Craig at Those Catholic Men

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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