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Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Easter

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Alleluia! Today the crowd chases Jesus across the lake demanding another sign - more bread, more proof, more spectacle. He stops them cold: "Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life" (John 6:27). And then one of the most startling declarations in Scripture: "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst" (John 6:35). What are you hungry for? The answer shapes everything.

📰 Quick Hits

1. Pope Leo Leads Tens of Thousands in the Rosary at Angola's "Mother of the Heart" Shrine

Sunday evening, as the sun set over the Kwanza River, Pope Leo XIV led an estimated 30,000 pilgrims in the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary at the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima - "Mother of the Heart" in the local Kimbundu language - the most visited Marian shrine in southern Africa. Many had camped there for two or three days in the heat just to be present. The Pope knelt before Our Lady in private prayer, broadcast on large screens; the crowd cheered when they saw him kneel. As darkness fell they sang the Salve Regina together. Leo told them: "For a long time now, Mama Muxima has quietly worked to keep the heart of the Church alive and beating." The next day at Mass, he warned the faithful against treating Christ as a "good luck charm" - calling them to authentic discipleship rooted in love, not self-interest.

Faith Lens for the Home: Thirty thousand people camped in 90-degree heat for days just to pray the Rosary with the Pope. Last week a nun prayed it continuously for three days in captivity to stay alive. The Rosary keeps showing up this week as the answer to the question the Gospel is asking. Pray it tonight as a family - even one decade. Let that be your answer.

2. A Catholic Artist's Sacred Paintings Now Hang in the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Rome

Ruth Stricklin - an Arizona convert and founder of New Jerusalem Studios - had three sacred works selected for the residence of U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch at the Holy See. She describes her art as having a "sacramental quality" - making present a heavenly reality that points viewers toward their eternal destiny. She says: "Beauty doesn't leave us where we are. When we have a true encounter with beauty, it calls us higher." She came to the faith through sacred art - an icon-style mural she was commissioned to paint slowly evangelized her as she worked on it.

Faith Lens for the Home: Stephen in today's first reading "looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God" in his final moments. Sacred art tries to do the same thing - open a window toward heaven in ordinary life. Ask your family tonight: "What has God used to draw you closer to him - a song, a painting, a place?" Then: "What does our home point toward? What does it say about what we are hungry for?"

3. Canadian Cardinal Writes to Prime Minister: "I Ask You to Choose Life"

Cardinal Frank Leo of Toronto wrote yesterday to Prime Minister Carney and every MP in his archdiocese, urging support for Bill C-218 - legislation that would prevent euthanasia from being offered to those whose sole condition is mental illness. Canada has recorded over 100,000 deaths by euthanasia since 2016, now accounting for roughly 1 in 20 deaths annually, with expansion to mental illness alone scheduled for March 2027. The Cardinal wrote: "A society is rightly judged by how it cares for its most vulnerable members. We are called to offer help, not harm; hope, not despair; protection, not abandonment."

Faith Lens for the Home: Jesus offers himself as the answer to every hunger, including the hunger to escape suffering. Ask your kids: "When someone is suffering and sees no way out, what does the Church say they deserve?" The answer is accompaniment, care, love, and presence - not elimination. That conversation is worth having before the culture has it for them.

⛪ Family Saint Spotlight

St. Anselm of Canterbury - April 21

An 11th-century Benedictine monk, theologian, and Archbishop of Canterbury who coined the phrase that defines Catholic intellectual life: fides quaerens intellectum - "faith seeking understanding." Twice exiled by English kings for defending the Church's independence, he never stopped writing or praying. Doctor of the Church.

Ask at dinner: "St. Anselm said faith seeks understanding - it doesn't stop asking questions. What's one question about the faith your family has never fully answered? Is it okay to have questions?"

✋ One Simple Action

St. Gianna Novena Day 3 is waiting at walkingwithmoms.com/saint-gianna-novena-day-3. And tonight, look at your home with fresh eyes: is there a crucifix, an icon, a sacred image that opens a window toward heaven? If not, that might be worth changing.

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The crowd asked Jesus for bread that would last forever. He said: I am that bread. Come to me. The answer to "what are you hungry for" has not changed in 2,000 years. Feed your family on it today.

One more thing: the & Altar app is now live for iPhone and Android. Start by exploring the daily prayer formation at WeAreDomus.com today.

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