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"Like Sheep Without a Shepherd": A Metaphor for War and the Spiritual Combat – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, The New Theological Movement

On the Alien World of Communal Spirituality – The Idler, Ascending Mount Carmel

Anglicans Battling to Become Catholic by Ashley Powers of the Los Angeles Times – Big Pulpit

I Cannot Feel God’s Presence, am I a Bad Person? – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Happy Wives, Happy Husbands – Catherine Rose, It’s Fun to Be a Girl

We Are Products of Our Culture – Colin Gormley, Ignitum Today

Google Faces Criticism Over Global Push for Gay Advocacy – Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

The Queer Rebellion Against Reality – Dale O’Leary, Crisis Magazine

Does the Ordinary Form Have a Distinctive Voice? – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

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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