Jeanie Hannaman

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, LifeSiteNews - I am writing this letter to talk to you about the Holy Mass. As St. Padre Pio said, “It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without the Holy Mass.”... As Catholics, we know the importance of participating in the Mass. Unfortunately, though, it is a great tragedy of our time that the majority of baptized Catholics do not see the need to attend Mass on Sunday. Scripture, though, makes it clear that there is no sacrifice worthy of His name except the one sacrifice made by Jesus Christ “offering one sacrifice for sins.” (Hebrews 10:12). It is imperative then that we understand that the Mass is not “another” sacrifice.

By John Grondelski, National Catholic Register - The fifth joyful mystery was probably very joyful for Mary and Joseph. Wouldn’t you rejoice if your lost child was found after three days of not knowing where he was?... The Gospel recounts that “each year, his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was 12 years old, they went up according to festival custom.” In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to be in the Holy City for Passover, the most important feast of the Jewish year. Passover marked the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery after God worked signs and wonders on their behalf, culminating in the death of Egypt’s firstborn.