Morning Roundup - St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor - Commem.: Feria of Advent - December 7th, 2010

• A Trail of Flowers >> I Heard a Bird Sing
• A Priest Life >> Germantown Md: Groups, Clergy Will Protest Carhart's First Day of Late-Term Abortions
• ADW Blog >> Drudgery or Delight? – On The Proper Perception of Prayer
• Catholic Hour >> A Bishop's Bishop
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Cardinal Mauro Piacenza calls for a ‘Catholic reform’ in the priesthood (Anna Arco)
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> In Baghdad, an Encore of "Murder in the Cathedral"
• Creative Minority Report >> Threats Against Pro-Lifers Escalate? (We must be having an effect then...)
• Damian Thompson >> Bishop of London tells Ordinariate worshippers: we don't want you using our churches
• First Things >> Ants on a Crucifix in Norman Rockwell’s America (Elizabeth Scalia)
• First Thoughts >> Healthier and Wealthier in 200 Hundred Years (Joe Carter)
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor: "go in search of the stray"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Canons Regular of St. John Cantius Begin to Offer Ordinary Form Tutorials
• OSV Daily Take >> Princess Diana's ancestor moves toward sainthood
• Rogueclassicism >> This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus decembres
• RORATE CÆLI >> An Austrian David stands against the Turkish Goliath (this video has gone "viral")
• SECRET HARBOUR >> Mary: A Pure Mirror
• Te Deum laudamus >> St. Ambrose - the Honey-Tongued Doctor (Opinion: most attractive blog header that I have seen of late)
• The Divine Life >> St. Ambrose, Grandfather of the Western Church
• The hermeneutic of continuity >> Relics of Newman to visit Ealing
• The Narthex >> 'Christ has no hands but ours'
• The Way of the Fathers >> Ambrose is the Man
• WDTPRS >> Wed 8 Dec: Holy Day of OBLIGATION. Have a plan!
• WDTPRS >> For priests who must sing upcoming TLMs
• Word on Fire >> Advent: Rejoice! Ero Cras!