Behold! The Lego Rosary, A Unique Black Chasuble, St. Thomas Aquinas on Keeping Pets, and much more!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Behold! The Lego Rosary - Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

A Unique Black Chasuble - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Saint Thomas and the Keeping of Pets - Fr. Bonaventure Chapman OP, Dominicana

Friday's Catholic Punditry on the Reformation of U.S. Women Religious (LCWR) - ThePulp.it

The Scandal of Catholic Teachers' Pay - Rupert J. Ederer, New Oxford Review

Lessons in the Chinook - Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

On Academic Humility by Thomas à Kempis - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Why Journalists Love “Mad Men” and Not Religion News - Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

How Much Should Stay-at-Home Moms like Ann Romney be Paid? - Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews

Grace Before Meals - The German Egyptian, Over the Rhine and Into the Tiber

Priest Defies Archbishop, Receives Standing Ovation in Seattle - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

More on Divine Mercy: Podcast Interview with Joseph Pronechen - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Father Robert Barron on Being Born Again - Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Honoring A Murderer in Galway - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

What Should Christians Think About Adoptive Parenting? - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

No Moral Justification for Obeying Mandate - Msgr. Kevin T. McMahon STD, Catholic World Report

For the latest on the best punditry in the Catholic blogosphere click on ThePulp.it.

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