Morning - St. Francis Xavier, Confessor - December 3rd, 2009

• Anna Arco's Diary >> Is Pope Benedict a secret rap lover? No.
• A Priest Life >> PriestYear "Priest in Focus" (Fr. Bill Stetson featured)
• ADW Blog >> Rediscovering the Conscience – We Know What We Are Doing (Excellent)
• A Trail of Flowers >> Apostle to the Indies
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> China: One Bishop's About-Face Reignites the Dispute between Bertone and Zen
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Desecrating the Eucharist: how Catholics should respond (UPDATED)
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Three Precisions: Personal Liberty (Michael Novak)
• Insight Scoop >> A Selection From "Set All Afire: A Novel about Saint Francis Xavier"
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> S. Francis Xavier: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Advent Customs: St. Barbara's Branches (Barbarazweige) on December 4th
• The Curt Jester >> Reason for the Season (Must Read!)
• The Anchoress >> Staying on top of Climategate (Elizabeth is all over this story)
• The Catholic Thing >> Teachers as Witnesses (Aaron Urbanczyk)
• The Recovering Choir Director >> The Propers of the Mass: The Word of God Singing To Us, With Us, Through Us