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Fr. Z is Moved to Pray to Newly Discovered Martyred Nuns – Fr. Z’s Blog +1

St. John Of The Cross, Suffering, Comfort, & Taking Up Your Cross – Jordan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction +1

Lighting Candles in a Very Dark World – Ray Sullivan at Catholic Stand

“The Rubrics Are Our Friends!” A Review of Ceremonies Explained for Servers – Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas at The Catholic World Report

Faith of Others – Noel Ethan Tran at Ignitum Today

How a Recent Article on the “Gift” of the Liturgical Reform Gets So Much Wrong – Brian Williams at Liturgy Guy

God Helps the Outcast: St. Damien of Molokai – Janet Meyer at Catholic Stand

Marxism Died in the East Because It Realized Itself in the West – Augusto Del Noce, Ph.D., at Church Life Journal

Two Kidnapped Syrian Bishops Were Killed in 2016, Investigators Have Concluded – Agenzia Fides

Latest tête à tête Between Pope Francis & Eugenio Scalfari – Fr. Robert P. Imbelli at The Catholic Thing

Communist China’s Second Cultural Revolution: Eliminating Religion – Thomas F. Farr at First Things

White House Stands Up for Pro-Life Student Groups, Must Be Same Rights as Secular Groups – Gary Bauer at Life News

For Goodness’ Sake, Let’s Learn to Reverence the Name of God – Ruairidh MacLennan at Catholic Herald

Encouraging Whitefield Christian School Through The Gay-Hate Storm – Rod Dreher

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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