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The Ambo: A Brief Consideration  Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Book Review: Beauty Will Save the World: Recovering the Human in an Ideological Age  Joseph O'Brien at Dappled Things

Can Beer Brewing Help Restore Christian Culture?  Jesse B. Russell, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Living The Gospel of Easter  Melanie Jean Juneau at Catholic Stand

The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed  Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

On Being & Becoming Human  Marty Dybicz at Catholic Stand

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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