The Number 40 In the Bible, Using the Socratic Method, SNAP, and much more...

The Best of Catholic Blogging

Lent: The Meaning of the Number 40 in the Bible - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Teaching the Divinity of Christ by the Socratic Method - Marcellino D’Ambrosio Ph.D., The Integrated Catholic Life™

Does Lent begin on Wednesday or Sunday? - Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

Feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great and his Dialogues - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Be Careful What You Ask For, SNAP - Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

Julian Green, Liturgical Reform & Our Spiritual Combat - Father Christopher Smith, The Chant Café

Seek First God’s Kingdom - Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

Doctor Ed Peters on Being “Pastoral” v. Being Faithful - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

“Catholic” Senator Lisa Murkowski Supports Planned Parenthood Funding - Joshua Mercer, Catholic Vote

Father Richard J. Neuhaus on Islam and Reform - Christopher Blosser, The American Catholic

The Sexual Revolution Reconsidered in a New York Times Article? - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Pope Urges Priests to Preach on Uncomfortable Topics - Alan Holdren, Catholic News Agency

This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by ThePulp.it.

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

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