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New Monastic Beer from Norcia Monastery: Birra Nursia – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

When Your BFF Becomes a Nun – Bonnie Engstrom, Learning to Be a Newlywed

Five English Hymns Every Catholic Should Know – C. L. David, Saint Peter’s List

Cardinal Dolan's Archdiocese Defends President Obama's Invitation to Al Smith Catholic Charities Dinner by Steven Ertelt of the LifeNews.com website – Big ulpit

From Wissenschaft to Bildung – Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

The Death-Haunted Art of Friendship – Eve Tushnet, Catholic Lane

The Bioethics of Organ Donation – Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller, OSV Newsweekly

Red Herrings, But We Are Not Dogs - J. Q. Tomanek, Ignitum Today

Why Do the First Books of the Bible Have Those Strange Names? – Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com

Believing or Complaining (John 6:36-51) - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

LCWR’s Sr. Chittister’s Evolving View of Being a Woman Religious – Fr. Z’s Blog

History of the Anti-Masonic Party in the U.S. – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Hating Love: The Legacy of the ’60s Generation – Pete Jermann, Crisis Magazine

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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