Morning Roundup - Feria of Christmastide Or Sacred Heart of Jesus Or St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Widow (USA) - January 4th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> “Without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as a Fiddler on the Roof.” A Meditation on the Loss and Recovery of Tradition.
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Like the Wise men, we are all called to be seekers after truth  (Bishop David McGough)
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> The Eleventh Day of Christmas - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
• chantblog >> The Offertory for the Feast of the Epiphany: Reges Tharsis
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Robert Imbelli) >> A New Grammar for the Year of Faith
• Courageous Priest >> A Most Efficacious And Relevant Prayer For Our Times
• Creative Minority Report >> The Worst Thing in the World Almost Happened Tonight
• Crisis Magazine >> The Star of Bethlehem  (Donald DeMarco)
• Crisis Magazine >> The Cause of America’s Declining Birthrate  (Austin Ruse)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> Our Ruin & Repair
• First Thoughts >> Working on Sunday  (Mark Movsesian)
• First Thoughts >> Grammar Lesson of the Day: The Passive Voice, Used Badly  (Anthony Esolen)
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> A Christmas hymn
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> Life threatening domestic abuse when I was a kid. Totally cool story of hope.
• Holy Souls Hermitage - Fr. George David Byers >> My Litany of Thanksgiving to Jesus on this 21st Anniversary of Ordination
• JIMMY AKIN.ORG >> 9 Things You Need to Know About Epiphany
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Message from the Hypocrite-in-Chief 
• New Liturgical Movement >> New Icon in the Style of the St Alban's Psalter
• On This Rock (Father John Hollowell) >> Coach Lou Holtz tells Catholics - "Get Back to Church...Welcome Home"
• RORATE CÆLI >> Mercy begins with denouncing of sin
• RORATE CÆLI >> A publication worth your attention: The St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass
• RORATE CÆLI >> Pocket-sized Diurnale Romanum
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> A RENDERING OF HOW THE ALTAR RAILING WILL BE REINSTALLED AT SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH, MACON, GEORGIA
• Streets Of Gold (Olivia) >> We have found the Messiah (John 1:41)
• The Catholic Thing >> Roe at Forty, part 1: The Court’s Failure to Address the Question of the Unborn’s Moral   (Francis J. Beckwith)
• The TOF Spot (Michael Flynn) >> Evolution Marches On
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> The Tablet and the Elephant: the “Soho Masses”
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Bp. Paprocki on Illinois’ absurd “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act”
• Word On Fire Blog >> Spirituality: A Christmas Reflection