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Daily Bodily Penances: Examples & Tips by Taylor Marshall, PhD - BigPulpit.com

Religious Vocations: The Call – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

A Stay-At-Home-Mom’s Lament: Who’s Evangelized? – Sherry Antonetti, Catholic Stand

Sacrificing Religious Life on the Altar of Egalitarianism – Br. Justin Hannegan, Crisis Magazine

Evangelii Gaudium: Ordination of Women – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

The Never Ending Thirst for Beauty – Sequoia Sierra, Aleteia

Distance Learning with Holy Apostles College & Seminary – Shaun McAfee, Ignitum Today

Reformed Pastor Jason Stellman Comes Home – Russ Rentler MD, Crossed the Tiber

The Spirit of Fear & the Spirit of Love – Jason Liske, Unblack

The Best Way to Improve Your Parish or Ministry Website – Brandon Vogt

Skeptical of Foreign Aid? This Slum Will Change Your Mind – Ann Widdecombe, The Catholic Herald

Sirach: An Online Manuscript Collection – Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Thomas Merton: Sinner – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Are All Great Scientists Atheists? – Bob Kurland, A Catholic Scientist

Temperance & Recreational Drugs – James Chastek PhL, Just Thomism

Mother Seton: Servant of the Good Teacher – Derek Rotty, Crisis Magazine

Church of England to Dump “Sin” & “Devil” from Baptism Rite? – Fr. Z's Blog

Are Supporters of the E. F. Mass Dangerous? – Joseph Shaw, The Chairman's Blog

PopeWatch: Year of Terror – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Pastor Praised by Cardinal O’Malley Equates Holy Family with Homosexual Couples – Boston Catholic Insider

Sex, Drugs, Religious Liberty – God & Caesar

Ever Had an Epiphany? – MC Catholic

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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