Monthly Web Picks

This month's Web picks focus on the Holy Spirit.

Pope John Paul II's Encyclical On the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Church and the World is a good place to start. vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_ jp-ii_enc_18051986_dominum-etvivificantem_en.html.

Then you will want to see the Catechism of the Catholic Church's section enTITLEd “I Believe in the Holy Spirit.”scborromeo. org/ccc/p1s2c3a8.htm.

Next, how about taking a quiz on the “Holy Trinity” and “The Holy Spirit and the Church” presented by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? nccbuscc.org/catechism /quizzes/index.htm.

Were those quizzes too easy? If so, how about taking a dive into the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas? Questions 36 through 38 deal with the Holy Spirit. newadvent.org/summa/1.htm.

Interested in the charismatic-renewal movement, which gives special emphasis to the Holy Spirit? nscchariscenter.org.

For more links on the Holy Spirit, see our online Catholic directory on that category at monksofadoration.org /holyspir.html.

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