Morning Roundup - St. Eusebius, Bishop & Martyr - Missa 'Sacerdotes Dei'- Commemor.: Feria of Advent - December 16th, 2013

Local Area TLM's for Christmas Eve & Day, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Some Sober Reflection on Matrimony, Sexuality and the Family. A Call to Prayer for the Upcoming Synod.
• Bill Petro >> History of the Magi: Who were the Wise Men?
• Bill Petro >> History of the Christmas Star: Natural or supernatural?
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> I won’t create female cardinals, says Pope Francis  (Madeleine Teahan)
• Catholic In The Ozarks (Shane Schaetzel) >> Pope Responds to Rush Limbaugh
• Catholic Stand >> Humanae Vitae: Bonding and Babies  (Kevin Aldrich)
• Courageous Priest >> Warning: Channeling with the Dead is to be avoided  (John Quinn)
• Creative Minority Report (Patrick Archbold) >> Pope: I'm No Commie And No Expert
• Crisis Magazine >> “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry: The Wise Fools of Christmas  (Sean Fitzpatrick)
• Crisis Magazine >> Preparing for the Twelve Days of Christmas  (Dale Ahlquist)
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Veni Veni Emmanuel
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Bringing Mary in from the Cold  (Timothy George)
• First Thoughts >> Adam and Ahab  (Phillip Cary)
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Mons Sion, ne timueris, lauda Dominum!
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> 'Organic Development' yet again  (Fascinating!)
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> QUAERITUR: Ember Day coincides with feast day 
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 16: 3rd Monday of Advent – hectic commercialism, hushed mystery
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> Third Monday of Advent: The Coming of Our King   (Jordan Scott OP)
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Evangelii Nuntiandi: “The greatest pastoral document that has ever been written”
• Mark Shea (NC Register) >> A Reader Has a Question about NFP and Torture
• New Liturgical Movement >>  Putting Christ at the Center: On the Benedictine Arrangement  (Peter Kwasniewski)
• RORATE CÆLI >> Advice for the Franciscans of the Immaculate
• St. Peter's List >> 60 Philosophy Memes for you Lovers of Wisdom
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> St. John of the Cross and the, "spiritual sweet tooth." 
• The Catholic Thing >> Hail, Holy Queen  (Brad Miner)
• The Practicing Catholic (Lisa Schmidt) >> The Narrative Behind the Nativity Scene
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Francis' Flush – For Bishops, Pope Runs the Wuerlpool  ("...Topping the slate of his new picks, Francis tapped Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington to join the body's membership. Already a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on B16's nod, the 73 year-old ever-meticulous DC prelate (a veteran of the Curia from his early days overseeing the Congregation for the Clergy as priest-secretary to Cardinal John Wright) becomes the table's lone resident member on these shores... because, in yet another show of his Wuerl-esque eye on the Curia he's inherited and aims to drastically reform, Papa Bergoglio simultaneously bumped both Cardinals Justin Rigali (emeritus of Philadelphia; the Congregation's secretary from 1989-94) and Raymond Burke (the Holy See's "chief justice," whose effectiveness at the Bishops' table has long stoked discontent among many of his confreres) off the Congregation's roster...")
• Word On Fire Blog >> In Praise of the Imperfect: Lessons Learned from a Christmas Tree

 

Source: St. Peter's List:  60 Philosophy Memes for you Lovers of Wisdom