Morning Roundup - Feria of Advent or Our Lady of Guadalupe (USA) - Missa 'Salve Sancta Parens' - December 12th, 2011

• A Trail of Flowers >> Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• ad altare Dei >> CHRISTMAS schedule change
• Archdiocese of Washington >> Complaint Department That Way –> (200 miles). A Brief Meditation on our Tendency to Complain (Msgr. Charles Pope)
• Catholic Herald Online >> Should priests be firmer with non-practising Catholics? (Francis Phillips)
• Charlotte was Both >> Danzantes
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (by***) >> Vatican Diary / Cardinal Bertone has another gear
• Creative Minority Report >> Romney Didn't Just Say That, Did He?
• Crisis Magazine >> Obama, Romney Change Tacks in Week of Political Risks (Michael Barone)
• Crisis Magazine >> Our Lady of Guadalupe: Bleeding Hearts, Liberated (John Zmirak)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! >> I need prayer. . .please.
• Dymphna's Road >> The Visitation and the Magnificat
• Femina Diligere Missam Latinam >> Gaudete in Domino semper! Ember Days as Advent calm in the storm of Christmas prep
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Nikolai Gogol’s The Night Before Christmas (Micah Mattix)
• First Thoughts >> When “Anti-Intellectualism” is the Smart Move (Joe Carter)
• Godzdogz >> Third Week of Advent - Monday - Discernment
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog >> Is there a difference between an apologist and an apologizer?
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog >> "I think he would ask that we define our terms..."
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH >> Interesting exchange on Fast and Furious
• New Liturgical Movement >> Why Beauty Matters: Roger Scruton
• Orbis Catholicus Secundus >> Rector Magnificus of Angelicum: Newest Swiss Bishop
• Roma locuta est >> New Translation Monday: Audio Presentation III
• RORATE CÆLI >> Americae Regina
• Secondhand Smoke >> Gene Therapy Breakthrough Illustrates Need for Animal Research
• SHIRT OF FLAME >> WHY I AM FOR LIFE, NOT "PRO-LIFE"
• Standing on My Head >> Perfect Love
  
• Streets Of Gold >> Our Lady of Guadalupe
  
• The Catholic Thing >> Wisdom, not the Geek Squad (Robert Royal)
• V for Victory! >> Potuit, Decuit, ergo Fecit: Why the Immaculate Conception Must Be True
• Word On Fire Blog >> Spirituality: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance..."