Late Morning Roundup - Feria of Lent - Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam I in Quadragesima - Missa 'Conféssio et pulchritúdo' - March 13th, 2014

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Blessed (and also very smart) are the Merciful
• Bill Petro >> History of the Ides of March: Who should Beware? 
• Catholic Answers >> How Many Apostles Were There?  (Jimmy Akin)
• Catholic Education Resource Center >> Forty Days of Preparation  (Pope Benedict XVI)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Catholic Herald View: The Pope’s year of big but worthwhile risk-taking
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Publisher: Evangelii Gaudium is Rome’s biggest seller for decades  (Ed West)
• Catholic Stand >> Waging Spiritual War During Lent  (Michael Lane)
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Carl E. Olson) >> What it really means to be a Catholic. Regardless.
• Coming Home (Gerard M. Nadal) >> Will the Bishops Join Planned Parenthood in Recognizing Pelosi?
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> You Must Legally Say "I Do" in California Before Sex
• Crisis Magazine >> Euthanasia Brings End to Belgian Monarchy  (Marie Meaney)
• Crisis Magazine >> What is a Suffering Man Worth?  (Arland K. Nichols)
• Crisis Magazine >> Georges Bernanos, The Diary of a Country Priest  (Paul Joseph Prezzia)
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Casting a Wide Net: Pope Francis’ Inaugural Year
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Happy 1st Anniversary Pope Francis!
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> How to read him and how to write him?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> LENTCAzT 09: Thursday 1st Week of Lent
• Godzdogz (Matthew Jarvis OP) >> Dire Straits - Thursday of the First Week of Lent
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> What it really means to be a Catholic, regardless
• Latin Word of the Day >> beneficium: kindness, benefit
• Liturgia Latina (David Forster) >> Thursday of the First Week in Lent
• Psallam Domino (Kate Edwards) >> The Seven Penitential Psalms - Ps 37/3: verses 14&15
• RORATE CÆLI >> EVENTS: 1) De Mattei and Lamont in New York 2) De Mattei in DC 3) Annunciation Anniversary Mass at Harvard
• RORATE CÆLI >> Lent Ember Week with Lacordaire: Catholic doctrine cannot speak "to man only of man"
• SANCTE PATER  (Vincenzo) >> Stop with the Interviews
• SANCTE PATER  (Vincenzo) >> Europe says US-made cheeses can't use Old World names
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> SAYING YES TO GOD
• Standing on  My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Read, Mark and Learn – 7
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> Almsgiving opportunity in Detroit for apartment fire victims
• The Catholic Thing >> The Mystery of Pope Francis  (Robert Royal)
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Poll: one in five Americans say religion “not that important”
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Seminarians on celibacy: “We’re saying ‘yes’ to Christ”
• Views From the Choir Loft >> The Eternal, Not the Contemporary