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Stages of the Spiritual Life by Father R. Tomasek S.J. - Therese Rita, Zeal for Your House Consumes Me: Following Christ in the 21st Century

“I Am the Resurrection and the Life” - Bill Wright, Speaking of Scripture

The Good Samaritan:  Part One - Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

What Others Think of Us - Randy Hain, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Would You Eat a Spider for Christ? - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Switzerland’s Bishop Huonder Triumphs in Rome - Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Your Moment of Zen - Kathryn Lopez, Catholic Vote

Equal Basic Rights for All, Born and Unborn - Christopher Kaczor, Public Discourse

Controlling Human Genetic Engineering Part I - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Gay Political Analyst: Gays Should Protect Traditional Marriage - Richard Waghorne, Irish Daily Mail

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NH Lawmakers Hurl Names at Bishop, Threaten to Tax Catholic Church - Thomas Peters, American Papist

James MacMillan: TLM not the “Usual Trendy Rubbish” - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

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This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by www.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