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The Little Way of Advent: a Book Review – Bonnie Engstrom, Ignitum Today

Beautiful Requiem Mass at Pantheon for Departed Souls of House of Savoy – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Can Saintliness Run through Family Generations, Yes – Paul Radzilowski, Crisis Magazine

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Angels: 18 Questions from Are They Happy? to Do They Have Bodies? – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter's List

Seven Questions about Sacred Polyphony – Kevin Birnbaum, The Candle

The Lumbering of Leviathan – John P. Hittinger PhD, Truth and Charity Forum

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So-Called “Vegetative” Patient Communicates With Doctors – Steven Ertelt, Life News

A Working Definition of Evil – John R. P. Russell, Blog of the Dormition

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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