Noon Roundup - St. Bridget of Sweden, Widow - Missa 'Cognovi'- Comm.: SS. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus & Apuleius, Martyrs - October 8th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> A Meditation on Sin’s Effects and God’s Mercy in the Story of Jonah
• Bestiaria Latina Blog  (Laura Gibbs) >> Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 8
• Catholic Answers >> A Pro-Life Epiphany  (Jon Sorensen)
• Catholic In The Ozarks (Shane Schaetzel) >> Help for Small Bookstores 
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Pope Francis calls extraordinary synod for only third time in Church’s history
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> No one wants to admit that there’s a war on Christians  (John L Allen Jr)
• Coming Home (Gerard M. Nadal) >> Transgendering Children
• Courageous Priest >> Pope Francis To Consecrate The World To The Immaculate Heart Of Mary
• Creative Minority Report >> Is There a More Anti-Christian Movie than "Carrie"?
• Crisis Magazine >> Why Catholic Schools Need Faithful Faculty  (Anthony Esolen)
• Crisis Magazine >> Pope Francis and the Missionary Spirit  (Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.)
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Mother-Daughter Relationships
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> The Journey Home: Dan Burke - Convert from Judaism 
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Pope Francis: Let God disrupt your plans
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> "If they are going to follow Christ in today’s environment something more rigorous is needed. . ."
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The Self-Referential Church of Me  (Elizabeth Scalia)
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Fishwrap’s support for the ill-effects of the HHS Mandate
• Global Economic Warfare (Kevin D. Freeman) >> Financial warfare against ‘bad guys’
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> Synod of Bishops on the Family & Evangelization
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> Assuming the Quinnipiac poll is sound, what next?  ("Therefore, millions of American Catholics are in for a shock as they come to learn—as they inevitably will—that what they sincerely view as being possible in the Church (namely, that we might someday recognize same-sex marriage and that we might someday have female priests) is never, ever, ever, going to happen.")
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> "Would YOU want to know when you'll die? Now there's a watch that can predict your death to the nearest SECOND"
• OSV Daily Take >> Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary   (Jennifer Rey)
• Patrick Archbold (NC Register) >> Pope Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Shameless Popery (Joe Heschmeyer) >> Is "The Rock" of Matthew 16:18 St. Peter? Or His Confession of Faith?
• Standing on  My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> The Hermeneutic of Continuity Continues
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> Do we take our discourse lessons from Homer Simpson?
• The Catholic Thing >> Recasting the Argument for Religious Freedom  (Hadley Arkes)
• Word On Fire Blog >> Television: Sleepy Hollow and the Sign of the Cross