Morning Roundup - Ember Wednesday of Advent - Feria IV Quattuor Temporum Adventus - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 19th, 2012

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> On the Tender Motherhood of Mary, Mother of God and my Mother Too
• Ars orandi: the Art and Beauty of Traditional Catholicism (David Werling) >> Ember Days in the Days of Indulgence and Godlessness
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> O Root of Jesse - Antiphon for December 19
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (by***) >> Vatican diary / Promotions, demotions, surprises
• Creative Minority Report >> Exorcist Gabriel Amorth on Gay Marriage, Abortion
• Crisis Magazine >> What the Reformation has Wrought  (Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> Regardless of the answer: give thanks
• Dymphna's Road >> Venerable Paul VI?
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Christmas: Cure for Cynicism and Irony  (George Weigel)
• Godzdogz >> 19 December: O Radix Jesse
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> O Sapling of Jesse! Before whom kings shut their mouths!
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> IN SIN AND ERROR PINING — Christmas letter from prison (x19) — Getting it right with Father Gordon MacRae
• JIMMY AKIN.ORG >> 9 Things You Need to Know About Pope Benedict’s New Book About Baby Jesus
• MyBrokenFiat: A Journey Towards the Divine Will (Gina) >> Nothingness 
• New Liturgical Movement >> Advent Ember Days
• Ordo recitandi: The Saint Lawrence Press Blog (Rubricarius) >> Ember Wednesday in Advent
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> WOUNDED HEALERS
• Streets Of Gold (Olivia) >> I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news (Luke 1:19)
• The hermeneutic of continuity (Fr. Tim Finigan) >> Diocesan magazine's Youth Page - on the old rite!
• The Liturgical Day >> Dec. 19, 2012
• The Path Less Taken (Mary O'Regan) >> My visit to the Vatican to interview the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Everyone who is Catholic must ask themselves if they are cherry-picking points from the Church’s teachings for the sake of supporting an ideology."
• These Stone Walls (Fr. Gordon MacRae) >> You are here: Home / Gordon MacRae / In Sin and Error Pining: Christmas in an Unholy Land
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> 19 December, O RADIX IESSE
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 18: Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Advent
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Archbp. Chaput on St. Thomas More in light of Obamacare
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Prefect of CDF on Anglican Ordinariate and SSPX
• Word On Fire Blog >> Spirituality: What Gifts Does Give the Catholic Church?