Morning Roundup - Thursday after Ash Wednesday - Commemoration: St. Valentine, Priest & Martyr - February 14th, 2013

• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Perhaps Benedict XVI believed he could not stay holy while handling the Curia  (Paolo Gambi)
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> “…looking at our daily reality with His eyes”
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> Who Will Take Up the Keys of Peter   (MUST READ!)
• Creative Minority Report >> Conclave to Start Mid-March
• Crisis Magazine >> Fr. Vincent Capodanno, Medal of Honor Recipient  (Sydney Leach)
• Crisis Magazine >> Catholic Reaction to Obama’s HHS “Compromise”  (Kenneth D. Whitehead)
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> I can be god without God 
• Eclectic Orthodoxy (Fr Aidan Kimel) >> “For the unjust man who would be willing to die except Christ alone who is so just that he justifies even the unjust?”
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >>  Another Federal Court Finds Fault With Contraception Mandate  (John Daniel Davidson)
• First Thoughts >> Strong Support for Incremental Pro-Life Laws in New York State  (Michael J. New)
• First Thoughts >> FEMA Aid to Houses of Worship  (Joseph Knippenberg)
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> 14th February - SS Cyril and Methodius
• Grace Before Meals (Fr. Leo) >> Menu Inspiration: Bean Cakes for CRS Operation Rice Bowl
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> With all that’s going on with the Holy Father and the conclave, I mean… FOR PETE’S SAKE!
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> Who can be elected pope?
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> “The Son of Man must suffer"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Final Public Papal Mass of Pope Benedict XVI
• Psallam Domino (Kate Edwards) >> Psalms of Tenebrae/2 - Psalm 68: On holy zeal
• Reflections of a Paralytic >> Motivation for Your Fasting Fatigue 
• RORATE CÆLI >> Saint Valentine's Day
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> IT IS LIKE A FUNERAL FOR A POPE WHILE HE IS ALIVE AND POPE PIUS XIII?
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> BOMBSHELL, BREAKING NEWS! AND BOMBSHELL ASH WEDNESDAY HOMILY! POPE BENEDICT XVI IS A MASON! HE IS A MASTER BRICK LAYER, BRICK BY BRICK!
• Streets Of Gold (Olivia) >> Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom (Deuteronomy 30:15)
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> Video: Pope Benedict XVI Meets with Clergy of Rome for Last Time
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> The Genius of the Conclave 
• The Catholic Thing >> The Key That Fits the Lock, Part 15   (Anthony Esolen)
• The TOF Spot (Michael Flynn) >> Ash Wednesday
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> LENTCAzT 02: Thursday after Ash Wednesday – Esau’s “great and bitter cry”
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Tu es Petrus
• Word On Fire Blog >> Spirituality: Sts. Valentine, Cyril and Methodius