August 2, 2013 • Blessed, Beautiful and Bodacious / The Year of Faith

On Register Radio this week, Jeanette De Melo spoke with Pat Gohn, the author of Blessed, Beautiful and Bodacious, a book about the gift of Catholic womanhood. And in the show’s second half, Dan Burke got a status report on the Year of Faith from Father Geno Sylva, a New Jersey priest who now lives in Rome and works for the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization.

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