Morning Roundup - St. Cecilia, Virgin & Martyr - Missa 'Loquebar' - November 22nd, 2011

• A Trail of Flowers >> Mind the present
• ADW Blog >> On Being African American and Catholic – Reflections by a Pastor on the Notre Dame Study (Msgr. Charles Pope)
• Catholic Herald Online >> Never underestimate the self-giving of the Catholic priesthood (Francis Phillips)
• Creative Minority Report >> A Super Super Committee
• Crisis Magazine >> Proceeding Toward Reunion at Last (Rev. Alexander Webster)
• Crisis Magazine >> Alice in Liberal Land (Thomas Sowell)
• Crisis Magazine >> We are Non-Roman Catholics (Robert Spencer)
• DecentFilms.com >> Happy Feet Two (2011)
• DecentFilms.com >> The Muppets (2011)
• Femina Diligere Missam Latinam >> The fruits of bad catechesis example 1011
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The Shushing Tyranny of “Be Nice!” (Elizabeth Scalia)
• First Thoughts >> The Problem With Catholics is Their Conscience Thing (Joe Carter)
• First Thoughts >> Where Dropping John Calvin’s Name is Like Using a Curse Word (Joe Carter)
• Insight Scoop >> "'The Face of God' reads like a detective story." (Fascinating book, in my opinion...)
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> Another must-watch Nigel Farage broadside at EU Parliament
• New Liturgical Movement >> San Frediano in Lucca: An Addendum
• Reflections of a Paralytic >> Relic to Promote Motherhood, Discourage Contraception and Abortion in Russia
• SANCTE PATER >> Social Injustice: The USCCB-run Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
• Standing on My Head >> Are You Scared of Spirituality?
• Standing on My Head >> Lewis
• Streets Of Gold >> Take Care Not To Be Deceived (Luke 21:8)
• Streets Of Gold >> Why I Follow Jesus?
• Te Deum laudamus! >> Report: New Vatican commission to crack down on church architecture
• The Catholic Thing >> Why Can’t the Constitution Protect Unborn Children? (Hadley Arkes)
• The hermeneutic of continuity >> Mass on board ship off coast of Iwo Jima 1945
• The Narthex >> Community life inspires ‘miracle man’
• The Recovering Choir Director >> Gregorian Chant–derived psalm tones for the English language [FREE PDF]
• Vultus Christi >> The Early Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Vultus Christi >> The Heartless and Pitiless Celibate
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? >> New architecture and music “team” at the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship?
• Word On Fire Blog >> How to use CATHOLICISM in catechesis