Churchgoers attend a pre-dawn Mass at Baclaran Church in Metro Manila on Friday. ‘Simbang Gabi" is a devotional nine-day series of Masses practiced by Catholics in the Philippines in anticipation of Christmas.
Churchgoers attend a pre-dawn Mass at Baclaran Church in Metro Manila on Friday. ‘Simbang Gabi" is a devotional nine-day series of Masses practiced by Catholics in the Philippines in anticipation of Christmas. (photo: Jam Sta Rosa / AFP via Getty Images)

Timothy O’Malley on Return to Mass, and Mother Angelica Award Recipient Danny Abramowicz (Dec. 17)

Dr. Timothy O’Malley shares how Catholics should respond to the exodus of people who never returned to Mass after the pandemic. Then 2022 Mother Angelica Award recipient Danny Abramowicz shares his story of evangelization.

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