Sunday Mass Edition - 18th Sunday after Pentecost (EF) Or Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (OF) - September 23rd, 2018

† 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Dominica Decima Octava Post Pentecosten - Missa 'Da Pacem Dómine' - September 23rd, 2018 - Propers
† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - September 17th, 2018 to September 23rd, 2018 - Ordo for the Week

• ad montem myrrhae (Archbishop Thomas E. Gullickson) >> Angels and Demons? A Need for Realignment towards Truth and Virtue
• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Fr. George David Byers) >> Update: Packages given to Pope Francis – Most Holy Father: Thank you!
• Bangor to Bobbio (Fr. Seán Coyle) >> 'We should never just scrape by, but really live'. Sunday Reflections, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Benedict Rogers) >> In signing the China deal, the Vatican is taking an enormous risk
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Carl E. Olson) >> By embracing Christ’s Passion, we overcome our passions  (Readings: • Wis 2:12, 17-20 • Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8 • Jas 3:16-4:3 • Mk 9:30-37)
• Catholic World Report - Blog (CNA Daily News) >> Vatican signs deal with China on bishop appointments
• Catholic World Report - Blog (CNA Daily News) >> Pro-life women say they were overlooked by Netflix documentary ‘Reversing Roe’
• Catholic World Report - Blog (CNA Daily News) >> Pope recognizes illicitly ordained Chinese bishops
• ChurchPOP (Father Paul Michael Piega) >> Does Your Mind Wander At Mass? These 6 Tips May Help You Avoid Distractions
• CNS Top Stories (Cindy Wooden) >> God is patient, even with failures, pope tells young Lithuanians
• CRUX (Claire Giangravè) >> Visiting Mary in Lithuania, Pope prays for ‘mercy not judgment’
• Dymphna's Road >> Don't forget
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> WDTPRS – 25th Ordinary Sunday: Each love fuels the other, when love of God is first.
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Card. Zen on the “Provisional Agreement” with the PRC on Bishops
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Akita, Communion in the hand, and homosexuality
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> THIS IS WAR! Wherein Fr. Z calls on bishops and priests to FIGHT BACK as priests and bishops!
• GetReligion (Terry Mattingly) >> That old media-bias question again: What will NPR call someone who performs abortions?
• Integrated Catholic Life (Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.) >> Anatomy of Envy  (Readings for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B)
• JimmyAkin.Com >> “Let’s Take Him Down a Peg”  (Sunday, September 23, is the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B)
• LifeSiteNews (Steven Mosher) >> Expert condemns Vatican for ‘betrayal’ in secret agreement with Communist China
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (Edward Pentin) >> Holy See Signs Provisional Agreement With China on Appointment of Bishops
• OnePeterFive (Bree A. Dail) >> Revealing “The Great Accuser”: Pope Francis Fires Back at Crictics Despite Pledge of Silence
• Pilgrim Priest (Fr. David Nix) >> Interview with a New Convert Part 2
• Regina Magazine (Harry Stevens) >> Fast and Abstinence-Everything You Wanted to Know
• RORATE CÆLI (Francesca Romana) >> The Catacomb Option of Rod Dreher
• Settimo Cielo (Sandro Magister) >> Submission. The Phantom Accord Between the Holy See and China
• The Divine Lamp >>  Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Commentaries and Resources on the Mass Readings (Dominica XVIII Post Pentecosten)
• The New Emangelization - Catholic Men’s Evangelization >> Catholic Men’s Daily Devotional and Bible Study – 25th Week in Ordinary time – Sunday – Cycle B – Mark 9:30-37
• The Sacred Page (John Bergsma) >> Why Being Good Doesn't Pay: 25th Sunday of OT
• The Wanderer Newspaper (Fr. Robert Altier) >> True Wisdom From Above  (Twenty-Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time YR B)