Late Morning Roundup - St. Francis Xavier, Confessor or Sacred Heart of Jesus - December 3rd, 2010

• A Priest Life >> An Advent of Understanding: Facing the First Christmas After the Death of a Loved One
• ADW Blog >> “No Believing Humans Were Interviewed in the Production of this Humanist Ad” – Part two of a Reflection on the Humanist Ad Campaign
• A Trail of Flowers >> The simple truth
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Bishops seek to ‘revitalise’ Lent as season of penitence (Anna Arco)
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Daily Readings December 5 to December 11 (Anna Arco; Ordinary & Extraordinary Forms)
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Faith for all the blind to see
• Femina Diligere Missam Latinam >> Advent Update & Baronius Press Breviary
• First Thoughts >> Pope Endorses Monsanto (Russell E. Saltzman)
• Insight Scoop >> A selection from "Set All Afire: A Novel about Saint Francis Xavier" by Louis de Wohl
• JimmyAkin.Org >> They Don't Ordain 'Em Like They Used To--Literally!
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> St Francis Xavier: "their eyes were opened"
• Mulier Fortis >> Remember The Manhattan Declaration...?
• New Liturgical Movement >> Details: Russian Icon of Christ
• Patrick Madrid >> I'm not entirely sure what this means, but it made me chuckle
• Rogueclassicism >> This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas decembres
• RORATE CÆLI >> Statement of the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
• SECRET HARBOUR >> A Virgin in Body and Having the Pure Soul of an Angel
• Standing on My Head >> Church Fathers
• The Black Biretta >> Vatican Splendors, presented by Senator John Heinz History Center
• The Chant Café >> Stunning news: New Graduale Romanum
• The Chant Café >> The Serratelli Address
• The Curt Jester >> Missing (Excellent!)
• The Divine Life >> I really don’t have any comment on this
• The hermeneutic of continuity >> Holy Igloo of Blackfen
• The Way of the Fathers >> The Fathers — and Your Batty Uncle
• WDTPRS >> Friday Penances: a Catholic practice or not?
• WDTPRS >> Pres. Obama’s speechwriter makes anti-Catholic joke
• Word on Fire >> Television: WGN America- YouTube Heresies, Part II