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Jesus & the Fig Tree
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Why Does Jesus Curse the Fig Tree? - Joe Heschmeyer, Catholic Answers Magazine+++

Seven Daily Habits to Help Grow in Holiness – Cheryl Hernandez, Seton Magazine

How to Hear God When (You Think) He is Being Silent – Lexie Metzler, Catholic Link

3 Useful Sacramentals to have in Your Briefcase or Purse – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

To Appreciate the Eucharist – Casey Chalk, The Catholic Thing

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast

Lava & the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Jim Dougherty, Catholic Stand

Establishing a Lasting Prayer Life – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

You Need These 3 New Resources If You’re Serious About Mary – Shawn McAfee O.P., epicPew

Power in My Hands: New Film Sheds New Light on the Rosary – Becky Roach, Catholic Exchange

Sit, Stand, Kneel: The Symbolic Meaning of All that Moving at Mass! – ChurchPOP

What It’s Like to Live in the Vatican: The Wife of a Swiss Guard Tells Us – Iwona Flisikowska, Aleteia

Noble Processional Banners: Not Relegated to the Past – 

The Universal Appeal of Jane Austen – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., Catholic Stand

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Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

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