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Five Keys to Transform Difficult Times Into Growth.  Click on the link by Kevin Lowry to read and learn more.
Five Keys to Transform Difficult Times Into Growth. Click on the link by Kevin Lowry to read and learn more. (photo: Photo by Paul Johnson via Integrated Catholic Life™)

Five Keys to Transform Difficult Times Into Growth - Kevin Lowry, Integrated Catholic Life™

What Daily Mass Does to a Three-Year-Old - Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

The New Awareness in Liturgical Music - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Catholic Blogger Beats Major Newspaper. . . Again - Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Cerberus, Mythical Three Headed Dog as an Allegory for What Ails Us - Msgr. Charge Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Catholic School Closures: Where Have All the Students Gone? - New Oxford Review

How To Argue Against Same-Sex “Marriage” - Peter D. Williams, Catholic Herald

Bishops? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Bishops! - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Apologia Pro Vitis Suis - Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

New York Times Ad Accused of ‘Hate Speech’ Against Catholics - Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

The History of the Stations of the Cross - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

It’s Unconstitutional for Laws to be Based on Religiously Moral Reasons? - Joe Carter, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

“Sorry” Seems to be the Hardest Word - Anthony Buono, Catholic Lane

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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