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LAMB OF GOD! When Peace Rolls Right Over the Agnus Dei, by Austin Ruse – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

LAMB OF GOD! When Peace Rolls Right Over the Agnus Dei, by Austin Ruse

A Profound Reflection on Suffering and Moving Account of Conversion, by Casey Chalk

May 29, 2026

Hotel America: Immigration, Assimilation, and the Past and Future of America, by S.A. McCarthy

May 29, 2026

Lamb, stained glass. David Bumgardner. Unsplash.

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, May 29, 2026

Austin Ruse is a contributing editor to Crisis Magazine. He is president of the Center for Family and Human Rights in New York and Washington DC. He is the author of several books including, Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic (Crisis Publications). He can be reached at austinruse@c-fam.org.

At the very moment that the Holy Mass moves us to recognize our Lord and Savior upon the Altar, we instead look away and to one another for peace signs, hugs, and kisses.

LAMB OF GOD! When Peace Rolls Right Over the Agnus Dei, by Austin Ruse

A Profound Reflection on Suffering and Moving Account of Conversion, by Casey Chalk

Hotel America: Immigration, Assimilation, and the Past and Future of America, by S.A. McCarthy

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, May 29, 2026

At the very moment that the Holy Mass moves us to recognize our Lord and Savior upon the Altar, we instead look away and to one another for peace signs, hugs, and kisses.

The priest intones, “Peace be with you.”

The congregation responds, “And with your spirit.”

And then, sometimes it doesn’t come. The priest doesn’t say, “Let us offer each other the sign of peace.” Sometimes—often, around my town—he moves on with the Mass.

And yet, even when the priest does not invite us, the church is aflutter with handshaking, waving, nodding, spouse-kissing, child-hugging. …

LAMB OF GOD! When Peace Rolls Right Over the Agnus Dei, by Austin Ruse

A Profound Reflection on Suffering and Moving Account of Conversion, by Casey Chalk

Hotel America: Immigration, Assimilation, and the Past and Future of America, by S.A. McCarthy

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, May 29, 2026

At the very moment that the Holy Mass moves us to recognize our Lord and Savior upon the Altar, we instead look away and to one another for peace signs, hugs, and kisses.

The priest intones, “Peace be with you.”

The congregation responds, “And with your spirit.”

And then, sometimes it doesn’t come. The priest doesn’t say, “Let us offer each other the sign of peace.” Sometimes—often, around my town—he moves on with the Mass.

And yet, even when the priest does not invite us, the church is aflutter with handshaking, waving, nodding, spouse-kissing, child-hugging. …

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