Evening Roundup - Easter Thursday - Die V infra octavam Paschae - Missa 'Victricem Manum Tuum' - April 4th, 2013

• Ask Sister Mary Martha >> Consider the Manger Straw 
• Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) >> Was Easter a Pagan Holiday? (Venerable Bede comes to the rescue!)
• Catholic In The Ozarks (Shane Schaetzel) >> Do Pets Go To Heaven?
• Catholic World Report - Blog >> Approval of "same sex marriage" continues to rise, surprise, surprise!   (Russell Shaw)
• Church of the Masses (Barbara Nicolosi) >> See Barb in Houston!
• Creative Minority Report >> I Spoke with The Priest Who Prayed Outside Gosnell's "House of Horrors" Abortion Clinic for a Decade
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Luke 24:35-48 Coming and Going
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Are Romeo and Juliet Childish?  (Anna Williams)
• Happy Catholic* (Julie D.) >> Eternal rest grant unto Roger Ebert, O Lord.
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> When discussing canon law, Primum non nocere
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Coalition of Black Pastors Defends Traditional Marriage in Illinois...
• National Review Online (Wesley J. Smith) >> The Courage of Pro Life Student Groups
• New Liturgical Movement >> Introducing a New Liturgical Resource: "Simple English Psalm Tones"
• Postabortion journey, walk with me... (InfiniteGrace) >> I'm good! How are you?
• Roma locuta est >> Authentic Creativity and the Liturgy
• RORATE CÆLI >> PBC study on "Inspiration and Truth of the Bible" to be completed
• RORATE CÆLI >> Statistics: top cities and countries in March 2013 
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> ONE HAS TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS POPE SPEAK ITALIAN TO KNOW WHAT HE IS ACTUALLY SAYING AND APPRECIATE IT AS ITALIANS WOULD! THIS IS MARVELOUS! 
• Stacy Trasancos >> Why Wasn’t Science Born in Egypt?
• The Chant Café >> The Campion Missal -- Guest post from Jeffrey Ostrowski
• The Chant Café >> Oh, the humanity!
• The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) >> A closet also abhors a vacuum
• The hermeneutic of continuity (Fr. Tim Finigan) >> Abstinence and Friday of the Easter Octave 
• The Integrated Catholic Life >> U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Fate of Marriage  (Patti Maguire Armstrong)
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Dippy coverage from Reuters on Pope Francis’ General Audience
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia calls for destruction of churches