Late Morning Roundup - St. Felix of Valois, Confessor - S. Felicis Valois Confessoris - Missa 'Iustus Ut Palma' - November 20th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> The Word of God is not a mere text, He is a person. A meditation on the Personal Relationship we must have with the Word.
• Canterbury Tales (Dr. Taylor Marshall) >> Podcast #013: 6 Items for the Liturgy of Your Life [Podcast]
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> What in the end is the point of relics?  (Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> CS Lewis took Hell seriously – that’s why The Screwtape Letters is so powerful  (Francis Phillips)
• Coming Home (Gerard M. Nadal) >> A Tribute to the Albuquerque Effort to Outlaw Late-Term Abortions
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> Greatest Thanksgiving Story...Ever!
• Crisis Magazine >> Common Core Goes Global  (Mary Jo Anderson)
• Crisis Magazine >> A School Without Screens  (Sean Fitzpatrick)
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Lk 19:11-28 Engage in the Faith Trade
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Marines, Royal Priesthood, and The Communion of Saints
• Dymphna's Road >> St. Veronica
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Targeting People for Death  (Stephen L. Mikochik)
• First Thoughts >> Vatican Removes Controversial Papal “Interview” from Its Website  (Mark Movsesian)
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment >> Should I be so cross?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> GUEST POST: A 1st Traditional Latin Mass experience – at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, NYC
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> Councils of Faith: Vatican II (1962-65)  (Andrew Brookes OP)
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> THE HUMAN FACE
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> THE sPIRIT OF VATICAN II AT WORK IN RAD TRADS AND LOONEY LIBERALS
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> POPE FRANCIS JUST GAVE A BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS TEACHING ON THE CHURCH'S AUTHORITY (KEYS) TO FORGIVE SINS IN CONFESSION ( è meglio essere rosso che giallo!, It is better to be embarrassed than a coward, RED THAN YELLOW, so says the pope about those ashamed to confess their sins in person to a priest!)
• Standing on  My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> The Church of England is Dying…
• The Catholic Thing >> Love, Not Comprehension  (Anthony Esolen)  ("I am struggling to say that the words are rightly mysterious. No man has seen God, Saint John tells us. I cannot overcome or overtake or comprehend or fathom the mystery of the eternal Word. But why should I want to do that? When does the true lover ever wish that the beloved were less than an endless mystery of truth upon truth, revelation upon revelation?")
• The Chant Café >> Proper Chants for Thanksgiving (Roman Missal Antiphons)   (Ben Yanke)
• These Stone Walls (Fr. Gordon MacRae) >> Stay of Execution: Catholic Conscience and the Death Penalty
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Eight Score and Several Popes Ago....
• Word On Fire Blog >> Culture: Pope Francis and "Lord of the World"