Morning Roundup - St. John, Apostle & Evangelist - Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae' - Comm.: Day in the Octave of Christmas - December 27th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> An image for the Church in a Christmas Gift Catalog.
• Bill Petro >> History of the Feast of St. John: Which St. John?
• Catholic Stand >> Talking White Trash  (Anthony S. Layne)
• Catholic World Report - Blog >> Penn. appeals court overturns "historic" conviction of Msgr. William Lynn  (Carl E. Olson)
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> O Holy Night by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Feast of St. John the Evangelist
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The Personhood Pincer  (Wesley J. Smith)
• First Thoughts >> The Painful Good  (Phillip Cary)
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Magnus aeterni logotheta Verbi
• Happy Catholic* (Julie D.) >> Third Day of Christmas: St. John the Evangelist
• Having Left The Altar (Katherine) >> You Are A Joy!
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Seeing Jesus in the Gospel of John
• Orbis Catholicus Secundus (John Sonnen) >> Christmas Explained by Bishop Sheen
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> DUST MOTES AND CIGARETTE SMOKE: A PAINTER WEIGHS IN FROM BROOKLYN...
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> WHY NOT MAKE DECEMBER 23RD CHRISTMAS EVE AND DECEMBER 24TH CHRISTMAS DAY? HE SAID TONGUE IN CHEEK, BUT MAYBE NOT!  (Marvelous post!  MUST READ!)
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> HOW COOL IS THIS!
• The Catholic Thing >> The Moral Dilemmas of Obamacare
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> VA hospital bans carolers from singing Christmas songs with religious content
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Must-see video: man asks homeless what they want for Christmas—and then gives it to them
• Views From the Choir Loft >> Why We Do What We Do
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> With Saint John: into the love of things invisible
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Reparation Is the Exercise of Love
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> John, the Friend of My Heart
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Drink to the Love of Saint John! 
• With Good Reason (Fr. Thomas V. Berg) >> Christmas 2013: Got Jesus?
• Word On Fire Blog >> St. John’s Great Christmas Sermon