Morning Roundup - Saturday of Our Lady - Missa 'Salve, sancta Parens' Or St. Evaristus, Pope & Martyr - October 26th, 2013

• ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP >> THE COMMON CORE IS SO DEEPLY FLAWED IT SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED BY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS  (NOTE: Just a few of the long list who have signed: Gerard Bradley, Robert P. George, Anthony Esolen, Anne Hendershott, Kevin Doak, Joseph A. Varacalli, Patrick McKinley Brennan, Robert Fastiggi, Duncan Stroik, Thomas F. Farr, Matthew J. Franck, Ronald J. Rychlak, V. Bradley Lewis, Patrick J. Deneen, E. Christian Brugger, Kenneth L. Grasso, James Hitchcock, Maria Sophia Agirre, Father Joseph Koterski, S.J., Francis J. Beckwith, Thomas V. Svogun, Scott W. Hahn...)
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> The Glory Train, as seen in a Norfolk Southern Commercial
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Life of St. Kateri Tekakwitha
• Damian Thompson >> Pianist Maria João Pires panics as she realises the orchestra has started the wrong concerto…  (Double "face palm"...)
• Fr Ray Blake's Blog >> Prayer does work
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> QUAERITUR: Legal name changes and baptism certificates
• Happy Catholic* (Julie D.) >> Weekend Joke
• Homiletic & Pastoral Review - Articles >> Jesus Christ: Priest, Prophet, and King  (Father Philip-Michael F, Tangorra, STL)
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> New Age & Occult rosaries?
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> Bishop Paprocki: same-sex 'marriage' activists not to be admitted to cathedral
• Psallam Domino (Kate Edwards) >> Psalm 113: Verses 13-15
• Reverend Know-it-all (Fr. Richard Simon) >> Is the microphone or the piano more important for Mass?
• RORATE CÆLI >> This is the Mass
• RORATE CÆLI >> 2013 Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage - Live: St. Peter's beginning to fill up
• RORATE CÆLI >> 2013 Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage - standing room only in the Vatican Basilica
• The Catholic League >> IN DEFENSE OF ARCHBISHOP NIENSTEDT
• The Catholic Thing >> The Gospel According to Bill O’Reilly  (David G. Bonagura, Jr.)
• The Chant Café >> Liturgical Music Today: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times  (Kathleen Pluth)
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Second U.S. bishop has hepatitis; Rome “Bishop School” linked to outbreak
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> UPDATE: “So help me God” now optional in Air Force oath
• The Foundry >> American Blackout: What an EMP Would Look Like  (John Collick)
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> Traditional Catholic Understanding of Christ the King # 1
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> An Irish Bishop who died in Italy