Noon Roundup - Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr - Missa 'Dispersit' (Commemor.: St. Romanus) - August 9th, 2010

• ADW Blog >> Should the Government Have Any Role at All in the Institution of Marriage?
• Ars orandi >> Collect of the Day: Vigil of St. Laurence
• A Trail of Flowers >> Words
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/08/10 (Luke Coppen)
• Colleen Hammond >> Should We Compare Ourselves With The Saints?
• Creative Minority Report >> Patricia Neal, Pro-Life Advocate RIP
• Damian Thompson >> Cardinal Keith O'Brien and the Lockerbie murderer: a jaw-dropping error of judgment by the leader of Scotland's Catholics
• First Things >> Mr. Justice Breyer Writes a Dissenting Opinion (Hadley Arkes)
• First Thoughts >> Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky (David Mills)
• Insight Scoop >> The principle article of faith of the ruling class
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men"
• Mulier Fortis >> More On MacMillan...
• SECRET HARBOUR >> Our Heavenly Mother's Unconditional Love for Us
• Te Deum laudamus >> Teresa Benedict of the Cross (Edith Stein)
• The Anchoress >> Flannery O’ Connor Knew Me
• The Catholic Thing >> A Singular Ordinary Man (Robert Royal)
• The Divine Life >> If infant baptism is acceptable, why not infant communion?
• The hermeneutic of continuity >> A day at Evangelium
• Vultus Christi >> Bride of the Eternal One
• WDTPRS >> Card. Canizares suggests lowering age of First Holy Communion?
• Word on Fire >> Spirituality: Feast of St. Edith Stein