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Single Women Should Focus on God Rather than Themselves – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

One Person’s Redemptive Suffering is Another’s Second Chance – Bonnie Engstrom, Ignitum Today

The Edith Stein Charm School: 3 Lessons from St. Teresa Bendicta of the Cross on Being a Lady – J. E. Foyer, Saint Peter’s List

Is Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone The Worst Archbishop Ever? by Stephen White of the Catholic Vote website – Big ulpit

The Freedom to Homeschool – Matthew Hennessey, First Things/On the Square

Three Hours Fasting Too Hard? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

What is Mysticism? – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Both Lungs: Both East and West are Necessary to Provide Enough "Oxygen" for the Spiritual Battle Raging in Today's World – Christopher B. Warner, Catholic World Report

Be Fruitful and Multiply and Have 1.7 Kids . . . and a Dog? – Allan Carlson, MercatorNet

Flannery O’Connor on Ayn Rand – Anna Williams, First Things/First Thoughts

Paul Ryan Focuses Catholic Debate – Colleen Carroll Campbell, Catholic Lane

Forbes Magazine and Catholic Colleges – Matthew Archbold, The Cardinal Newman Society Blog/Campus Notes

Eastern Catholic Saints That Every Catholic Should Know – The Idler, Ascending Mount Carmel

How a Catholic Wrote Half of Chik-fil-A’s Mission Statement – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Vatican Obelisk – RomeReports.com

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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