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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (photo: CNS via Catholic Herald)

Adoration May Seem Useless, but the World Needs It Desperately - Fr. Leon Pereira O.P., Catholic Herald+++

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast

FSSP Seminarians in Cassocks Chanting Will Transport You to Heaven – ChurchPOP

A Right Reverend Abbess . . . – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

How the Saints Overcame Spiritual Dryness – Fr. Joseph M. Esper, Catholic Exchange

Take 5 Minutes Daily for an Ignatian Examen – Aurora Griffin, Legatus Magazine

Encountering Faith Through Liturgical Prayer – Fr. W. Giertych O.P., Catholic Exchange

5 Not-to-be-Missed Catholic Sites in Sicily – Vittoria Traverso, Aleteia

Why Christians Need Leisure – R. Jared Staudt, Catholic Exchange

Real Presence, Real Life – Deacon Scott Sparks, Integrated Catholic Life™

Terra Sancta Museum: Publication of Vestments Catalogue from Custodia Treasury – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

The Mass as Tragic Theater – Canticum Salomonis

A Blessing for Teachers Starting a New Academic Year – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Liturgy & the Common Good – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

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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