Why One Should Gaze Upon the Crucifix Often, Help for Those that Struggle with the Rosary, and More!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Why One Should Gaze Upon the Crucifix Often – The Idler, Ascending Mount Carmel

I Am Struggling with my Rosary Prayer, Where Should My Attention be During the Rosary? - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Anglo-Catholics Not Welcomed in the Church of England by William Oddie of the U.K. Catholic Herald newspaper – Big Pulpit

Poetry Bestsellers and Other Oxymorons – Bronwyn Lea, MercatorNet

Effects of “Gay Marriage” on the Economy – Dr. Piers Hugill, The Distributist Review

Hunger and Thirst – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

Saints Are Sinners, Too – Fr. Tucker Cordani, Catholic Lane

Dr. Stenger & the Folly of Free-Thinking – Stacy Trasancos PhD, The American Catholic

Ross Douthat’s New York Times Op-Ed: Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved? – Fr. Z’s Blog

For the latest on the best punditry, analysis, and news in the Catholic blogosphere click on 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