Blessing Rite for Easter Food, People's Supermarket, St. Michael Prayer Brought Back, + more!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Easter Googling - Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion

Święcone: Blessing of Easter Food - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

The People’s Supermarket - Doctor Piers Hugill, The Distributist Review

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois Authorizes Saint Michael Prayer after Masses - Father Daren J. Zehnle, Servant and Steward

Gregorian Chant versus Folk Music,  A parish in Toronto,  Fr. Z Rants - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

God’s Supreme Work - Father James V. Schall S.J., InsideCatholic

Sola Scriptura: Preacher’s Authority - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

How to Defend Life Without Using Cute Babies - Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Psalm 142, Part IV: Towards Victory! - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Uncharitable - Andrew C. McCarthy

Jesus Didn’t Just “Die for Our Salvation”: Why He Rose from the Dead - Michael Barber, The Sacred Page

This will be a continuing series from Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register.  This will be very similar to what you see on www.ThePulp.it.

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