Christmas Evening Roundup - December 25th, 2012

• Bonfire of the Vanities (Fr. Martin Fox) >> How does giving up on Christ help? (Christmas homily) 
• Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) >> The Apparition of Mary to Caesar Augustus at Christmas
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> Pope: Christmas Urbi et Orbi Message
• chantblog >> The New Christmas Proclamation, Chanted: In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini
• chantblog >> Christmas Day Vespers: Hodie Christus natus est / Magnificat
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Room 
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Benedict XVI) >> "If Mary and Joseph were to knock at my door"
• Crisis Magazine >> Light Amid Darkness: A Christmas Meditation  (Regis Martin)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> The Nativity: God's plan to bring you home
• Dymphna's Road >> Christmas beauty 
• Dymphna's Road >> Adoration
• Godzdogz >> Lord of lords and King of kings – enthroned in a manger!  (Andrew Brookes OP)
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> The Sandy Hook children and SWAT team at Christmas, the poem, and a thought for the priests of the parish
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> Some Christmas Experiences of a Pre-Hermit Life (Yikes!)
• I Want to See God >> Light of the world…..
• JIMMY AKIN.ORG >> How to understand the “Christmas Proclamation”
• New Liturgical Movement >> Latin Propers for Christmas Eve
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Nativity, Our Lord, Our Lady and St Joseph
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> THE FANNON IS BACK AND OTHER THINGS DISTRESSFUL TO MY GENERATION OF CATHOLICS 
• The Chant Café >> Midnight Mass at St. Peter's
• The Chant Café >> The Graduale in St. Peter's: This Is Epic
• The Chant Café >> The Musical Portions of the Christmas Vigil
• The New Theological Movement (Father Ryan Erlenbush) >> Why was Jesus born in Bethlehem?
• Transalpine Redemptorists at home >> The Holy Father's Christmas Blessing
• V for Victory! (Anita Moore, O.P., Esq.) >> December 25th: Christmas
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Thy glory so hidden, and Thy love so despised
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> UK Anglican Ordinariate finally gets a parish!
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> And another thing about the Holy Father’s Mass for Christmas… GRADUAL!
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> QUAERITUR: Does a parish priest need the bishop’s permission to do….
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Born Is The King
• Word On Fire Blog >> Westminster Cathedral Choir: "O Magnum Mysterium"