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All Saints Catholic Church with St. Josephs Statue in St. Peters, Missouri
All Saints Catholic Church with St. Josephs Statue in St. Peters, Missouri (photo: Catholic Exchange)

The Perennial Truth About St. Joseph - K.V. Turley, Catholic Exchange+++

The Life of a Gardener: Prayer & St. Teresa of Avila – Fr. Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm., Catholic Stand

The Masculine Genius – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Hell Burns

Warmth in the World of Religious Sisters – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Quotes Suitable for Framing: Alfred the Great – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

16 Strong Confirmation Names for Today’s Teen Boys – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia

The 7 Deadly Sins as Jane Austen Characters – Melissa Guerrero, epicPew

Female Ordination Advocates Ignore Theological Truth, Focus on Power – Nicholas Senz, The Catholic World Report

Participation in the Mass – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Waste Land: Britain’s Culture of Death – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

The Temptation to Latitudin-Arianism – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Do Catholics Have to be Democrats? – Jason Scott Jones

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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