Evening Roundup - St. Stephen, Deacon & Protomartyr - Missa 'Sederunt Principes' - Comm.: Day in the Octave of Christmas - December 26th, 2013

• Catholic Answers >> Blood On the Straw  (Michelle Arnold)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Francis leads silent prayer for world’s persecuted Christians  (Francis X Rocca)
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Catherine Harmon) >>  In Baghdad, Christians targeted in deadly Christmas bombings
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> On St. Stephen
• Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture >> Pope Francis and the Liberal Delusions  (Thomas Fleming)  ("...The utopian dream is not specifically Christian.  Plato and Plotinus had their social fantasies, as did Stoic and Epicurean philosophers, but pagans may be more easily excused for succumbing to their own inventions.  Christians are supposed to follow the teachings of their Master, who firmly informed the Roman authorities he was accused of challenging, "My kingdom is not of this world."  That should have been the final world on both Christian socialism and Christian democracy.  There is an ancient story that the emperor Tiberius was so impressed by the example of a Jewish prophet who did not contest imperial authority that he asked the senate to include the Christ in the Roman pantheon.  Few historians (apart from Marta Sordi) put any stock in the tale, though it is not inconsistent with Tiberius' ironic sense of humor and just improbable enough to be true...")
• Courageous Priest >> 7 Catholic Questions You Have Been Wondering About: Answered by Cardinal Burke  (John Quinn)
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Mt 10:17-22 Be Aware
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Pope Francis: The Feast of St Stephen the first martyr dissolves the "fairy tale" image of Christmas
• Eye of the Tiber >> Ambitious Woman Chooses To Read “Verse In One Year Bible” As New Year’s Resolution
• First Thoughts >> The Woman’s Desire  (Phillip Cary)
• First Thoughts >> Nothing New Under the Sun  (Carl R. Trueman)
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> CHRISTMASCAzT 26: Boxing Day – St. Stephen
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> A “c”atholic group to be wary of
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Ways to Celebrate Humanae Vitae at 45—and Beyond!
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Vanishing Catholics
• Orbis Catholicus Secundus (John Sonnen) >> Jingle Bells in Latin!
• RORATE CÆLI >> Sermon for the Third Mass of Christmas  (Richard Cipolla)
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> A few pics and video from Assumption Grotto at Midnight, Christmas
• The Chant Café >> New presentation of "O Magnum"  (Jeffrey Tucker)
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> BREAKING: Pennsylvania court reverses conviction of Philadelphia’s Msgr. Lynn
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> Traditional Catholics Care That Sexual Sins Offend God And Hurt Us
• Views From the Choir Loft >> The Liturgical Style of Pope Francis & John 12:5