Noon Roundup - Feria after the Epiphany or Sacred Heart of Jesus or Saint John Neumann, Bishop & Confessor (USA) - January 7th, 2011

• A Trail of Flowers >> Its own beauty
• A Priest Life >> "May the mountains bring forth peace"
• American Papist >> Report: New York's Forgotten 41 Percent
• American Papist >> Unholy alliance: Discovery Channel to team up with Vatican for exorcism series (I wholly agree with Mr. Peters on this!)
  
• ADW Blog >> On Good Intentions and Flawed Moral Reasoning
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Shakespeare did write Lear; what is more, he was a Catholic (Francis Phillips)
• Catholic Herald.co.uk >> Is a new departure in Christian-Muslim relations unfolding in Egypt, this Orthodox Christmas Day? (William Oddie) (see the story on how Muslims protected Christians below from "The Anchoress"...)
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> Bloody Christmas Between the Nile and the Indus
• Creative Minority Report >> Bad Moon Rising (increasing food prices globally...)
• Dymphna's Road >> Painted babies in the public eye (a reflection of a reversion to "Pre-Christianity"?)
• First Things >> Deciding Not to Decide What Marriage Is (Kevin Staley-Joyce)
• First Thoughts >> Protestants, Feminists, and the Virgin (Matthew Milliner)
• Godzdogz >> Province Day-Holy Cross, Leicester (Dominican...)
• Insight Scoop >> The Feast of the Theophany and the baptism of the Lord
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Saint Raymond of Penyafort: “Go, show yourself to the priest"
• Ordo recitandi >> Within the Octave of the Epiphany
• RORATE CÆLI >> The Massabielle grotto up-close
• SECRET HARBOUR >> The Heavenly Protectress of the Carthusian Order
• Standing on My Head >> A Catholic Way of Seeing
• The Anchoress >> Muslims Protecting Christians with their Bodies
• The Black Biretta >> Missa Prima Classa (beautiful!)
• The Catholic Thing >> Gilgamesh’s Despair & Today’s Deceptions (Matthew Hanley)
• The Curt Jester >> Catholic Controversies
• The Narthex >> Holy Communion host dispenser? (not touching this story...)
• The New Theological Movement >> Why you should be reading the Roman Martyrology
• WDTPRS >> A priest’s first time out as deacon for a Solemn TLM
• Word on Fire >> Spirituality: The First Letter of John- What it Means to Love