Morning Roundup - 5th Day in the Octave of Christmas - Comm.: St. Thomas Becket, Bishop & Martyr - December 29th, 2012

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> No One Goes Away From Jesus Unchanged, As Seen on TV
• Bill Petro >> Movie Review: Les Miserables
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> Happy Priests
• Eclectic Orthodoxy (Fr Aidan Kimel) >> “He Who has broken the bonds of sinners is now bound by an infant’s bands”
• First Thoughts >> Chicago’s 500th Murder  (Robert P. George)
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> (Part 1) Father George David Byers reminisces about his own childhood rape experiences and stardom in kiddie-porn films. The full stories without the details. Just insights and inspiration. Thank you, Jesus!
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> (Part 2) Father George David Byers reminisces about his own childhood rape experiences and stardom in kiddie-porn films. The full stories without the details. Just insights and inspiration. Thank you, Jesus!
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog >> Obstacles to Reading Scripture in Modernity: Von Balthasar’s Response
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog  >> On Writing a History of the Catholic Church 
• Mulier Fortis (Mac McLernon) >> Christmas Toys... 
• Ordo recitandi: The Saint Lawrence Press Blog (Rubricarius) >> St. Thomas of Canterbury
• RORATE CÆLI >> This is the sign of the Church always, the Sign of Blood
• SANCTE PATER (Vincenzo) >> Another Manifesto on Communion in the Hand
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> MENIN JESU: THE LITTLE JESUS
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Are the Gospels a Myth?
• Streets Of Gold (Olivia) >> Behold, this child is destined.. to be a sign that will be contradicted (Luke 2:34)
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> British tabloid takes Medjugorje case from hands of the Holy See... 
• The Catholic Thing >> On Every Channel     (David Warren) 
• The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) >> Blog Redesign
• The Integrated Catholic Life >> The Sea Within  (Dr. Peter Kreeft)
• The Liturgical Day (Jimmy Akin) >> Dec. 29, 2012
• The Path Less Taken (Mary O'Regan) >> Concerning Savita's tragic death: 'abortion is not a cure for septicaemia' and the full details of her death are not known. But, certainly comparisons to other countries show the claim made by pro-abortion activists that Ireland is 'backward' on maternal health is at best a limited world-view and at worst a mendacious means of manipulating Ireland
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Something for which the heart has its reasons