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What Happened at the Apparition in Knock, Ireland – Joseph Freyaldenoven at Catholic365 +1

A Prayer for Detachment from All Earthly Things by Thomas à Kempis – Tan·Direction Blog +1

Woman Puts Her Euthanasia on Hold after Talking to Her Archbishop – Gelsomino Del Guercio at Aleteia

Happy Hour – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report

Things To Fast From That Aren’t Chocolate – Claudine Macalisang at Catholic Link

Becoming a ‘New Man’ Through the Eucharist – Matthew Riedl at The Arlington Catholic Herald

The ‘What-the-Heck-is-the-Vatican-Finance-Trial-Even-About?’ Timeline – The Pillar

Heaven’s Happy Warriors: The Fisher Family – Seton Magazine

Fishing with the Thomists – Jennifer Fitz at One Soul at a Time

Listen This Lent – Diana Ragsdale at Catholic Stand

The Best Explanation on the Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments (YouTube) – Edify

Want More Great Catholic News Links? Click Here! - Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

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