Morning Roundup - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Missa 'Gaudens Gaudebo' - Comm.: Feria of Advent - December 8th, 2012

• ad altare Dei (Fr. Larry) >> Don't Expect the Government to Do Your Job: EF St. Nicholas, 2012
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> On Strange Names and the Curse of Individualism
• Bonfire of the Vanities (Fr. Martin Fox) >> 'Our tainted nature's solitary boast' (Immaculate Conception homily)
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
• Dymphna's Road >> At Mass
• Edward Feser >> Review of Gazzaniga
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> Have a blessed feast day: May the Lord bless you according to the perfect intercession of the Immaculate Conception!
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Advent Music Should Trigger Our Awe Reflex
• National Review Online (Mark Steyn) >> The Royal Presidency
• On This Rock (Father John Hollowell) >> Thoughts on My Retreat with Cardinal Burke
• Roma locuta est >> The Fact That She Said, "Yes"
• Streets Of Gold (Olivia) >> Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you (Luke 1:28)
• The Catholic Thing >> Catholics, Protestants, and Immaculate Mary  (David G. Bonagura, Jr.)
• The Liturgical Day >> Dec. 8, 2012
• The New Theological Movement (Father Ryan Erlenbush) >> Do Catholics make Mary Immaculate to be equal to Jesus?
• The TOF Spot (Michael Flynn) >> Some Views of the Last Election
• V for Victory! (Anita Moore, O.P., Esq.) >> December 8th: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Beyond Compare More Glorious than the Seraphim
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> St. Jerome did not like St. Ambrose
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ADVENTCAzT 07: Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Wherein Fr. Z concedes about the “one Mass for two obligations” theory
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> On the Immaculate's Day, The Pope's "Santa" Duty